caa a22 4500 463249305 CHVBK 20180405153335.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10803-006-0336-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10803-006-0336-2 Early Social, Imitation, Play, and Language Abilities of Young Non-Autistic Siblings of Children with Autism [Elektronische Daten] [Karen Toth, Geraldine Dawson, Andrew Meltzoff, Jessica Greenson, Deborah Fein] Studies are needed to better understand the broad autism phenotype in young siblings of children with autism. Cognitive, adaptive, social, imitation, play, and language abilities were examined in 42 non-autistic siblings and 20 toddlers with no family history of autism, ages 18-27months. Siblings, as a group, were below average in expressive language and composite IQ, had lower mean receptive language, adaptive behavior, and social communication skills, and used fewer words, distal gestures, and responsive social smiles than comparison children. Additionally, parents reported social impairments in siblings by 13months of age. These results suggest that the development of young non-autistic siblings is affected at an early age and, thus, should be closely monitored, with appropriate interventions implemented as needed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Autism nationallicence Siblings nationallicence Social nationallicence Imitation nationallicence Play nationallicence Language nationallicence Toth Karen UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut Dawson Geraldine UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut Meltzoff Andrew UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut Greenson Jessica UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut Fein Deborah Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT, USA aut Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/1(2007-01-01), 145-157 0162-3257 37:1<145 2007 37 10803 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0336-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0336-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Toth Karen UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dawson Geraldine UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meltzoff Andrew UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Greenson Jessica UW Autism Center and Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fein Deborah Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/1(2007-01-01), 145-157 0162-3257 37:1<145 2007 37 10803 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer