Date of Award
Fall 2013
Abstract
The writing of 5 adolescent boys with Asperger's syndrome between the ages of 13 - 18 was examined relative to age and gender-matched typically-developing children. The investigator collected writing samples across three genres: narrative, expository, and persuasive. The samples were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively using a variety of measures. Consistent with the investigator's expectations, results indicated that, relative to controls, students with Asperger's syndrome performed significantly poorer on higher-order aspects of writing: coherence, cohesion, and perspective-taking while not significantly different on spelling, a lower-order aspect. An unpredicted finding was that the children with Asperger's syndrome made significantly more grammatical errors than their age-matched controls.
First Advisor
Penelope Webster
Department or Program
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Degree Name
Master of Science
Recommended Citation
Zrimsek, Christine, "The writing of students with Asperger's syndrome" (2013). Master's Theses and Capstones. 817.
https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/817