Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of autistic participants (n = 38).
| Autistic participants | Clinical variable (n, percentage) |
|---|---|
| Level of severity | |
| Level 1 | 21 (55.26%) |
| Level 2 | 17 (44.74%) |
| Chronic pain | |
| Yes | 7 (21.05%) |
| No | 31 (78.95%) |
| Verbal ability | |
| Fluent communicative speech | 22 (57.90%) |
| Speech with communicative | |
| Sentences but frequent echolalia | 5 (13.15%) |
| A few communicative sentences | 5 (13.15%) |
| A few words | 6 (15.80%) |
| WISC-V scores (mean, SD) | |
| Composite score | 91.44 (12.16) |
| Verbal comprehension | 87.75 (11.59) |
| Visual spatial | 94.00 (20.33) |
| Fluid reasoning | 99.14 (14.43) |
| Working memory | 86.29 (17.38) |
| Processing speed | 90.33 (19.23) |
n = number of participants.