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SUMMARY:Aspects of prosody and language in autism - Sue Peppé (Queen Marg
 aret University\, Edinburgh)
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CONTACT:Napoleon Katsos
DESCRIPTION:People with autism are often perceived to have atypical prosod
 y. This\, coupled with the language impairment that is a diagnostic featur
 e of autism\, raises questions about the relationship between prosody and 
 language in language acquisition. Recent projects have investigated recept
 ive and expressive prosody skills in school-age children with autism spect
 rum disorders and compared them with those of age-matched and language-mat
 ched typically-developing children. Results suggest that while some prosod
 ic skills are preserved in autism\, others are impaired\; and that althoug
 h there are strong correlations between prosody and language skills the re
 lationship between the two is complex and requires further research 
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