Crosscultural Study of autism: Conversation between mother and child

本研究探讨高功能自闭症谱系障碍（HFASD）儿童在回答跨语言问题时比回答是/否问题更困难这一假设，调查了台湾儿童与其母亲之间的对话，并在半结构化环境中考察了儿童对母亲问题的反应充分性。12名台湾HFASD儿童，年龄从7.1岁到14.9岁不等，与12名年龄、性别、智商和平均话语长度相匹配的典型发育（TD）儿童进行了比较。与TD儿童相比，HFASD儿童在回答母亲的Wh-问题时比回答A-not-A和Choice问题时更容易产生不充分或不恰当的反应。

The present study investigated the hypothesis that children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) have a greater difficulty in responding to Wh- than Yes/No questions across languages.Conversation between Taiwanese children and their mothers were investigated and children's response adequacy to maternal questions in a semi-structured setting were examined. Twelve Taiwanese children with HFASD, ranging in age from 7.1 to 14.9 years old, were compared with 12 typically developing (TD) children matched on age, sex, IQ and mean length of utterance. Compared to TD children, HFASD children produced more inadequate or inappropriate response to Wh-questions than A-not-A and Choice questions.Taiwanese HFASD children share a greater difficulty in responding to maternal Wh-questions with their Japanese counterparts.