Table I.

Behavioral characteristics of participants

	Parents of ASD	Control Subjects
Age	43.7 (8.1)	41.0 (8.1)
Women/Men	10/6	12/6
VIQ	110.8 (9.3)	115.0 (10.4)
PIQ	113.6 (13.2)	116.7 (9.0)
FSIQ	113.8 (11.2)	117.8 (9.8)
AQ	14.9 (5.0)	15.6 (6.0)
NWR CTOPP	10.8 (1.9)	11.2 (2.3)

Numbers in parenthesis are standard deviations. VIQ, verbal IQ; PIQ, performance IQ; FSIQ, full‐scale IQ; AQ, Autism‐Spectrum Quotient; NWR CTOPP, Nonword repetition subtest of the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Age and gender include all participants (parents: N = 16; controls: N = 18). IQ measures were collected for all parents and 17 controls. The AQ was administered to 15 parents and 16 controls. The NWR CTOPP was administered to 16 parents and 16 controls.