Brief report:“Um” fillers distinguish children with and without ASD
KK McGregor, RR Hadden�- Journal of Autism and Developmental�…, 2020 - Springer
KK McGregor, RR Hadden
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020•SpringerTwo laboratories have reported that children with ASD are less likely than their typical peers
to fill pauses with um but their use of uh is unaffected (Irvine et al., J Autism Dev Disord 46
(3): 1061–1070, 2016; Gorman et al., Autism Res 9 (8): 854–865, 2016). In this brief report,
we replicated this finding by comparing the discourse of 7-to-15-year-olds with ASD (N= 31)
to that of their typically developing same-age peers (N= 32). The robustness of this easily
documented difference in discourse suggests a potentially useful clinical marker of ASD.
to fill pauses with um but their use of uh is unaffected (Irvine et al., J Autism Dev Disord 46
(3): 1061–1070, 2016; Gorman et al., Autism Res 9 (8): 854–865, 2016). In this brief report,
we replicated this finding by comparing the discourse of 7-to-15-year-olds with ASD (N= 31)
to that of their typically developing same-age peers (N= 32). The robustness of this easily
documented difference in discourse suggests a potentially useful clinical marker of ASD.
Abstract
Two laboratories have reported that children with ASD are less likely than their typical peers to fill pauses with um but their use of uh is unaffected (Irvine et al., J Autism Dev Disord 46(3):1061–1070, 2016; Gorman et al., Autism Res 9(8):854–865, 2016). In this brief report, we replicated this finding by comparing the discourse of 7-to-15-year-olds with ASD (N = 31) to that of their typically developing same-age peers (N = 32). The robustness of this easily documented difference in discourse suggests a potentially useful clinical marker of ASD.
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