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Ward , Emma Kate; De Jonge , Maretha; Kemner, Chantal; Junge , Caroline |\n| Published in | Journal of Child Language |\n| Publication Date | 2022-09 |\n| Link | [https://dspace.library. uu. nl/handle/1874/424413](https://dspace.library. uu. nl/handle/1874/424413) |\n| Citation | Van Rooijen , R , Ward , E K , De Jonge , M , Kemner, C & Junge , C 2022 , 'Two-yearolds at elevated risk for ASD can learn novel words from their parents ' , Journal of Child Language, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 1052-1063. [https://doi.org/10.1017/](https://doi.org/10.1017/)[ ](https://doi.org/10.1017/)S0305000921000428 |\n| Versions / License | Publisher version |\n| Rights | [https://www. uu. nl/en/university-library/license-and-reuse-conditions](https://www. uu. nl/en/university-library/license-and-reuse-conditions) |\n\nJournal of Child Language (2022), 49, 1052–1063 doi:10.1017/S0305000921000428  \nBRIEF RESEARCH REPORT  \nTwo-year-olds at elevated risk for ASD can learn novel words from their parents  \nRianne VAN ROOIJEN1,2, Emma Kate WARD3, Maretha DE JONGE4,5, Chantal KEMNER1,2,5, and Caroline JUNGE1,2  \n1Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 3Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 4Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Leiden University, Netherlands, and 5Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands Address for correspondence: Caroline Junge, Department of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: [c.m.m.junge@uu.nl](c.m.m.junge@uu.nl)  \n(Received 3 August 2020; revised 6 February 2021; accepted 15 May 2021;  \nfirst published online 6 July 2021)  \nAbstract  \nChildren diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have smaller vocabularies in infancy compared to typically-developing children. To understand whether their smaller vocabularies stem from problems in learning, our study compared a prospective risk sample of 18 elevated risk and 11 lower risk 24-month-olds on current vocabulary size and word learning ability using a paradigm in which parents teach their child words. Results revealed that both groups learned novel words, even though parents indicated that infants at elevated risk of ASD knew fewer words. This suggests that these early compromised vocabularies cannot be solely linked to difficulties in word formations.  \nKeywords: word-object mapping; parents; infants; autism spectrum disorder; eye-tracking  \nIntroduction  \nAlthough the DSM-5 no longer considers atypical language development a key characteristic in identifying children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Constantino & Charman, 2016), clinicians consider poor understanding of common words at 18–24 months of age as one of the strongest predictors of developmental level at the age of three (Wetherby, Watt, Morgan & Shumway, 2007) . Indeed, in children with ASD, impairments in both receptive and expressive language abilities are found to emerge at 12 months of age and are still present in later childhood (Landa & Garrett-Mayer, 2006; Mitchell, Brian, Zwaigenbaum, Roberts, Szatmari, Smith & Bryson, 2006; Yirmiya, Gamliel, Shaked & Sigman, 2007; Zwaigenbaum, Bryson, Rogers, Roberts, Brian & Szatmari, 2005) . It is therefore vital to better understand why children with ASD display © The Author(s), 2021 . Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)[by-nc-sa/4.0](by-nc-sa/4.0)), which permit","cbCaid4iSviewfUP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid4iSviewfUP","pdf",434755,13,"English","# Abstract\n## Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What does the study examine about autism risk and vocabulary development?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates whether children at elevated risk for ASD have difficulty learning words, using a comparison of vocabulary size and novel word learning at 24 months.\"},{\"question\":\"How was word learning tested in the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study used a paradigm in which parents taught their children novel words, and children’s word learning abilities were assessed experimentally.\"},{\"question\":\"What key result did the researchers find regarding novel word learning?\",\"answer\":\"Both elevated-risk and lower-risk groups learned novel words, even though parents indicated that infants at elevated risk knew fewer words.\"}]","Two-year-olds at elevated risk for ASD can learn novel words from their parents | PDF",1790646124,33]