Communicative Development in Bilingually Exposed Chinese Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Purpose We examined the association of bilingual exposure with structural and pragmatic language development in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Method The parents of 54 children with ASD exposed to 1 ( n = 31) or 2 ( n = 23) Chinese languages completed (a) a questionnaire to evaluate their child's competence in structural language and pragmatic ability in their dominant language (Children's Communication Checklist–Second...