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SUBMITTER: Aldosari M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6728746 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Autism : the international journal of research and practice 20190103 7
Validated screening and diagnostic tools for autism spectrum disorder for use in Arabic-speaking individuals are scarce. This study validated the Arabic version of the Social Communication Questionnaire. The total study sample included 206 children with autism spectrum disorder and 206 typically developing children (73.8% male; mean age: 8.5 (standard deviation = 2.6) years). The mean Social Communication Questionnaire total score was significantly higher in autism spectrum disorder children tha ...[more]