Abstract
Prosodic awareness has been linked with reading accuracy in typically developing children. Although children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often have difficulty processing prosody and often have trouble learning to read, no previous study has looked at the link between explicit prosodic awareness and reading in ASD. In the current study, 29 early readers with ASD (5-11years) completed word and nonword reading accuracy tasks and two measures of prosodic awareness. Tasks relating to phonological awareness, oral language, vocabulary, letter knowledge and nonverbal intelligence were also administered. A key finding was that there was a relationship between prosodic awareness and both word and nonword reading accuracy.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 72-87 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Research in Reading |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 19 Jan 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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SDG 4 Quality Education
Keywords
- Autism
- Speech therapists
- Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
- Prosodic awareness
- Reading accuracy
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