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Identification of autistic communication profile in children with mild intellectual disability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

N. Glumbic ,
I. Milacic Vidojevic  and
B. Brojcin
N. Glumbic
Affiliation:
Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
I. Milacic Vidojevic
Affiliation:
Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
B. Brojcin
Affiliation:
Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

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Aim

Autistic communication profile in children who speak in sentences is characterized by significant deficits in social relationships and restricted interests coupled with low general communication ability.

The objective of this research is to determine autistic communication profile in children with sub average intellectual functioning.

Method

The sample consisted of 128 participants with mild intellectual disability, of both sexes, aged from 6 to 16 (M = 12.53; SD = 2.81). Communication abilities were assessed using Children's Communication Checklist (CCC-2).

Results

It was found that 7 (5.47%) students achieved scores below the 6th percentile of normative population on scales Social Relationship and Interests, coupled with General Communication Composite score below the 10th percentile. Four of them (3.13% of the sample) also obtained Social Interaction Deviance composite score less than zero. This communication profile is frequently seen in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Conclusion

It could be concluded that more than 3% of the children with mild intellectual disability may merit further assessment for an autistic spectrum disorder.

Type
P01-288
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 289
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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