The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of spontaneous gesture use in a sample of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Thirty-five adolescents with ASD ages 11 to 16 years participated (mean age = 13.51 years; 29 boys, 6 girls). Participants' spontaneous speech and gestures produced during a narrative task were later coded from videotape. Parents were also asked to complete questionnaires to quantify adolescents' general communication ability and autism severity.No significant subgroup differences were apparent between adolescents who did not gesture versus those who produced at least 1 gesture in general communication ability and autism severity. Subanalyses including only adolescents who produced gesture indicated a statistically significant negative association between gesture rate and general communication ability, specifically speech and syntax subscale scores. Adolescents who gestured produced higher proportions of iconic gestures and used gesture mostly to add information to speech.The findings relate spontaneous gesture use to underlying strengths and weaknesses in adolescents' speech and syntactical language development. More research examining cospeech gesture in fluent speakers with ASD is needed.

Barbara A. Braddock

Christina Gabany

Meera Shah

Eric S. Armbrecht

Kimberly A. Twyman

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

使命：AJSLP 发表关于语言病理学临床实践各个方面的同行评议研究和其他学术文章。该杂志是一个国际性的临床研究平台，涉及整个生命周期中沟通和吞咽障碍的筛查、检测、诊断、管理和结果，以及这些障碍的病因和特征。由于其临床方向，该杂志传播适用于语言病理学临床实践各个方面的研究结果。 AJSLP 旨在通过传播新研究的结果以及提供对先前发表的工作进行批判性评论和荟萃分析的论坛来推进循证实践。范围：语言病理学的广泛领域，包括失语症；言语失用症和儿童言语失用症；听力康复；增强和替代沟通；认知障碍;颅面疾病；构音障碍;流畅性障碍；儿童语言障碍；言语障碍；吞咽、吞咽困难和喂养障碍；和声音障碍。

Mission: The American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP) publishes peer-reviewed research and other scholarly articles on various aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. This journal serves as an international platform for clinical research, addressing the screening, assessment, diagnosis, management, and outcomes of communication and swallowing disorders throughout the lifespan, as well as the etiology and characteristics of these disorders. With its clinical focus, AJSLP disseminates research findings relevant to all aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. AJSLP aims to advance evidence-based practice by disseminating new research findings and providing a forum for critical commentary and meta-analysis of previously published work. Scope: The broad field of speech-language pathology, including aphasia; apraxia of speech and childhood apraxia of speech; auditory rehabilitation; augmentative and alternative communication; cognitive impairments; craniofacial disorders; articulation disorders; fluency disorders; childhood language disorders; speech disorders; swallowing, feeding difficulties, and voice disorders.

使命：American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology（AJSLP）致力于发表关于语言病理学临床实践各个方面的同行评议研究和其他学术文章。该杂志是一个国际性的临床研究平台，涵盖了整个生命周期中沟通和吞咽障碍的筛查、检测、诊断、管理和结果，以及这些障碍的病因和特征。由于其临床导向，AJSLP传播适用于语言病理学临床实践各个方面的研究成果。AJSLP旨在通过传播新研究的结果，以及提供对先前发表工作的批判性评论和荟萃分析的论坛，来推动循证实践。范围：语言病理学的广泛领域，包括失语症、言语失用症和儿童言语失用症、听力康复、增强和替代沟通、认知障碍、颅面疾病、构音障碍、流畅性障碍、儿童语言障碍、言语障碍、吞咽和喂养障碍，以及声音障碍。

Am J Speech Lang Pathol

Patterns of Gesture Use in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

The findings relate spontaneous gesture use to underlying strengths and weaknesses in adolescents' speech and syntactical language development and indicate a statistically significant negative association between gesture rate and general communication ability, specifically speech and syntax subscale scores.

Category	Quartile
医学	3
医学, 听力学与言语病理学	2
医学, 康复医学	2
医学, 语言学	3

Patterns of Gesture Use in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

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