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A Meta-Analysis Of The Reading Comprehension Skills Of Individuals On The Autism Spectrum, Heather Brown, Janis Cardy, Andrew Johnson
A Meta-Analysis Of The Reading Comprehension Skills Of Individuals On The Autism Spectrum, Heather Brown, Janis Cardy, Andrew Johnson
Andrew M. Johnson
This meta-analysis examined 36 studies comparing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and control groups in reading comprehension. Three moderators (semantic knowledge, decoding skill, PIQ) and two text types (high vs. low social knowledge) were examined as predictors of reading comprehension in ASD. The overall standardized mean difference for reading comprehension was g = -0.7 SD. The strongest individual predictors of reading comprehension were semantic knowledge (explaining 57 % of variance) and decoding skill (explaining 55 % of variance). Individuals with ASD were significantly worse at comprehending highly social than less social texts. Having ASD alone does not predict reading comprehension deficits. …