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The Cognitive and Linguistic Profile of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Who Produce Palm Reversals

Igel, Megan Elizabeth
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9947-1926
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami161886325466338

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2021, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Pathology and Audiology.
To better understand the language development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who use American Sign Language (ASL), this study seeks to 1) determine the cognitive and linguistic profile of native signing children with ASD who produce palm reversal (PR) errors, and 2) compare the cognitive and linguistic profile of children who produce PR errors to that of children who produce pronoun reversal errors. Seventeen children with ASD (ages 5-14) and a control group of 24 Deaf children who are typically-developing (ages 6-13) participated in an assessment battery to gather information regarding nonverbal intelligence, linguistic abilities, and social skills. The participants then participated in a fingerspelling task, which was analyzed for accuracy of palm orientation. Five of the 17 participants with ASD consistently produced PR errors on fingerspelled letters; however, this high frequency of PR errors did not extend to lexical or numeric signs and was not reflected in the more naturalistic communication of the participants. The participants with ASD who produced PR errors had statistically significantly lower receptive language abilities compared to the participants with ASD who did not produce palm reversal errors. More research is needed to determine if PR errors are analogous to pronoun reversal errors.
Aaron Shield (Advisor)
Jennifer Green (Committee Member)
Megan Gross (Committee Member)
53 p.
Language; Speech Therapy
American Sign Language; ASL; Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder; ASD; palm reversals; palm reversal errors; pronoun reversals; pronoun reversal errors

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  • Igel, M. E. (2021). The Cognitive and Linguistic Profile of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Who Produce Palm Reversals [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami161886325466338

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Igel, Megan. The Cognitive and Linguistic Profile of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Who Produce Palm Reversals. 2021. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami161886325466338.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Igel, Megan. "The Cognitive and Linguistic Profile of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Who Produce Palm Reversals." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami161886325466338

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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