Language profile of Russian primary-school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a continuum of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication and repetitive / stereotype behavior (APA, 2013). It is known that ASD is a heterogeneous disorder which is caused by different genetic and neurobiological factors. Although language deficit is not a core symptom in ASD, about 75% of children with autism have language impairment (Kjelgaard & Tager-Flusberg, 2001; Lindgren et al., 2009).

The goal of the present project is to assess the language abilities in Russian primary-school-aged children with ASD (7-to-11-year-old), using the Test for the assessment of language development in Russian KORABLIK. It is the first project in Russia which aims to assess all language levels (phonology, vocabulary, grammar, discourse) in both production and comprehension in a representative group of children with ASD (N > 80).

The results of the project will help to understand the extent of language impairments in Russian primary-school-aged children with ASD as well as to highlight the subgroups according to language profiling. Also, we will show how these subgroups are associated with such non-language abilities as non-verbal IQ or severity of autistic traits.


Publications

Arutiunian V. , Minnigulova A., Lopukhina A., Davydova E. (2019). Phonological discrimination in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A pilot study in Russian. In E. Pechenkova, M. Falikman (Eds), Cognirive Science in Moscow (pp. 70-75). Moscow: Buki Vedi. (In Russian).

Arutiunian V. (2019). Single-word recognition impairments in primary-school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Basic research program". 2019.

Conferences

Arutiunian V., Minnigulova A., & Lopukhina A. Poster "Nonword repetition is impaired in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" on the AMLaP Symposium “Typical and Atypical Language Development Symposium”, 4 September 2019, Moscow, Russia.

Arutiunian V., Minnigulova A., Sorokin A., Davydova E., Pereverzeva D., Tyushkevich S., Mamokhina U., Danilina K., & Lopukhina A. Poster ‘’Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary Impairments in Primary-School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study in Russian’’. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting’, 3 June 2020, Seattle, United States of America.

Kudriavtsev S., Lopukhina A., Dragoy O., Davydova E., Pereverzeva D., Sorokin A., Tyushkevich S., Mamokhina U., Danilina K., Arutiunian V. Poster ‘’Receptive and expressive vocabulary in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder’’. Summer Neurolinguistic School, 22-24 June 2020, Moscow, Russia.

Minnigulova A., Lopukhina A., Dragoy O., Davydova E., Pereverzeva D., Sorokin A., Tyushkevich S., Mamokhina U., Danilina K., Arutiunian V. Poster ‘’Phonological processing in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder’’. Summer Neurolinguistic School, 22-24 June 2020, Moscow, Russia.