Narrative skills in young adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders  

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Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal

Jenis: Article from Journal
Dalam koleksi: Communication Disoders Quarterly vol. 36 no. 1 (Nov. 2014), page 21-28.
Topik: high-functioning; Autism Spectrum Disorders; pragmatics; narrative
Fulltext: Narrative and Expository Writing of Adolescents.pdf (643.39KB)

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In this study, the author investigated narrative performances of 10 high-functioning young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) across personal and storybook narratives. Narratives were elicited with genre-specific procedures and then transcribed and scored using the narrative scoring scheme (NSS). One-tailed paired-sample t tests were conducted on four variables, for which the standard mean difference between the genres (NSS Total Score, Introduction, Conclusion, and Mental States) was large. To avoid inflating Type I error, an alpha of .012 was set. Results indicated that, on average, high functioning adults with ASD had poorer quality personal narratives for NSS Total Score, Mental States, and Conclusion. This suggests that many high-functioning adults with ASD have difficulty in expressing how they feel and often neglect to conclude and make sense of their experiences in a social context. Telling personal narratives is an important skill for high functioning adults with ASD because narratives support social interaction and relationships.

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