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Communication Disorders Quarterly
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Pragmatic Assessment in Autism Spectrum Disorders

A Comparison of a Standard Measure With Parent Report

Brian Reichow

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Shawn Salamack

Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts

Rhea Paul

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Fred R. Volkmar

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Ami Klin

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

The purpose of this study was to investigate the concurrent validity of subtests on the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL) by comparing them with the assessment of communication and social skills on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Vineland). The participants were 35 children and adolescents with higher functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who had received both the CASL and the Vineland. Results of the study suggest that the Pragmatic Judgment and Inferences subtests of the CASL appeared to document the difficulties that individuals with ASD had in adaptive use of language for communication.

Key Words: assessment • autism • Asperger syndrome • pervasive developmental disorder • language • social skills

Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 3, 169-176 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1525740108318697
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