Let’s Know! Language/Literacy Program

Abstract

children with ASD exhibited the most difficulty on the Quantity 2 and Politeness items and the best performance on Quantity 1 and Relation items. They did, however, have proportionally more difficulty on the Quality items than the TD children; their performance on the Quality items was similar to their performance on the Quantity 2 and Politeness items. The authors concluded that it is likely that children with ASD exhibit a delay in understanding the Gricean maxims, not a disorder.