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PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN
Volume 134, Issue 6, Pages 944-963Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0013743
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autism spectrum disorder; specific language impairment; language
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It has been suggested that language impairment in autism is behaviorally, neurobiologically, and etiologically related to specific language impairment (SLI). In this article, the authors review evidence at each level and argue that the vast majority of data does not support the view that language impairment in autism can be explained in terms of comorbid SLI. The authors make recommendations for how this debate might be resolved and suggest a shift in research focus. They recommend that researchers concentrate on those aspects of language impairment that predominate in each disorder rather than on those comparatively small areas of potential overlap.
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