Table 1.

Participant demographic information; group mean (SD) values

	ASD	TD	p
Age	23.71 (9.24)	23.71 (9.07)	0.97
Gender (male:female)	10:7	10:7	1.00 (X2)
IQ (WASI)a	120.12 (9.32)	120.00 (10.09)	0.93
WASI verbal scoreb	62.88 (6.66)	61.61 (7.52)	0.86

p values were derived from a one-way MANOVA unless otherwise stated

^aThe IQ scores were obtained using the two-subtest version of Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)

^bThe verbal WASI scores given are standardised scores (T-scores)