Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Language and Language Change Scores from Age Two to Three, by Emergent Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Status.
| Variable | No ASD |
Emergent ASD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Year Age Equivalent | 3-Year Age Equivalent | Mean Change in Months | Range of Change | 2-Year Age Equivalent | 3-Year Age Equivalent | Mean Change in Months | Range of Change | |
| Expressive Language | 24.59 (5.79) | 36.48 (5.06) | 11.89 (3.55) | 4 to 16.22 | 18.88 (5.82) | 30.26 (9.68) | 11.38 (8.27) | -6.47 to 22.70 |
| Receptive Language | 24.46 (4.96) | 34.42 (6.57) | 9.96 (6.36) | 0 to 23.20 | 20.11 (8.50) | 24.84 (11.53) | 4.73 (7.51) | -7.53 to 14 |
Note: Standard deviations are in parentheses.