Journal article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prognosis of language outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder
A Brignell, AT Morgan, S Woolfenden, F Klopper, T May, V Sarkozy, K Williams
Autism and Developmental Language Impairments | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2018
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Abstract
Background: Language difficulties are common in autism spectrum disorder, yet little is known about the prognosis of language in children with autism spectrum disorder. The aim of this study was to systematically review studies reporting language outcomes in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Method: A comprehensive search strategy with a well-established sensitive prognosis filter for Medline, adapted for five other databases, was used. Included studies observed individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder for ≥12 months and had ≥30 participants. Risk of bias was assessed. Results: Fifty-four studies (N = 5064) met inclusion criteria. Language outcomes were standardised asses..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The researchers acknowledge the Australian NHMRC for salary support through a Practitioner Fellowship #1105008 (A.M); NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Speech and Language Neurobiology #1116976 (A.M, A.B). This paper is based on work completed by A.B for her PhD. A.B was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship. Infrastructure support was provided by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. We wish to thank the William Collie Trust Fund for their financial support. This funding organization was not involved in the development, design, analysis, or interpretation of the study. We wish to thank Kim Jachno for statistical support.