Autistic individuals can develop advanced language skills
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SUPPORTED
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Autistic individuals can develop advanced language skills, with some displaying unusually steep language growth or reading abilities at or above age-appropriate levels, reflecting the wide heterogeneity of the autism spectrum.
Evidence for · 2
Research Review: Reading comprehension in developmental disorders of language and communication
2011 · cited by 143
Paper [9] notes that some individuals with autism spectrum disorders develop reading comprehension and word recognition skills at or above age-appropriate levels.
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Language acquisition can be truly atypical in autism: Beyond joint attention
2023 · cited by 68
Paper [11] observes that language profiles in autism are variable, featuring not only delays but in some cases unusually steep growth of structural language skills.