Table 1.
Participant characteristics (N = 29).
| Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|
| Age | 10.8 (3.9) |
| ADI-R scoresa | |
| Social interaction | 25.4 (3.8) |
| Communication | |
| Nonverbal | 11.4 (2.2) |
| Verbal | 8.0 (1.2) |
| Repetitive behaviors | 5.6 (1.8) |
| ADOS calibrated symptom severity scores | |
| Social affect | 7.0 (1.3) |
| Restricted and repetitive behaviors | 8.7 (1.3) |
| Total | 7.7 (1.3) |
| Leiter-3 scores | |
| Raw | 49 (19) |
| Age equivalent (years) | 4.5 (1.8) |
| Standard | 68 (17) |
| PPVT-4 | |
| Raw | 38 (27) |
| Age equivalent (years) | 3.0 (1.1) |
| Standard | 33 (18) |
| N | |
| Sex (male/female) | 21/8 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| African-American | 2 |
| Asian | 2 |
| White | 21 |
| Hispanic | 0 |
| Native Pacific islander | 0 |
| More than one race/unknown | 4 |
ADI-R: Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised; ADOS: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; PPVT: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.
a
One minimally verbal participant was missing ADI-R data.