Table 4.
Percentages of children per group that scored lower than the ENNI story's baseline rates of microstructural and macrostructural measures.
| Narrative measures | ASD-HL (N = 16) (%) | ASD-LL (N = 14) (%) | TD (N = 15) (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexical diversity | 75.0 | 85.5 | 80.0 |
| Syntactic complexity | 50.0 | 85.7 | 13.3 |
| Subordination | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Verb-complement clauses | 68.6 | 93.0 | 66.7 |
| Modifier clauses | 69.0 | 86.0 | 20.0 |
| na-clauses | 93.8 | 86,0 | 100.0 |
| oti/pu-clauses | 12.5 | 85.7 | 6.7 |
| +ToM-related ISTs | 69.0 | 100,0 | 60.0 |
| –ToM-related ISTs | 100.0 | 100.0 | 80.0 |
ASD-HL, high-language children with Autism Spectrum Disorder; ASD-LL, low-language children with Autism Spectrum Disorder; TD, typically-developing children.