Comparison of Adaptive Behavior Measures for Children with HFASDs

Table 1

Sample demographic characteristics.

Characteristic	Participants (𝑁=50)
	M (SD)
Age in years	9.58 (1.41)
Parent education in years	15.43 (2.10)
WISC-IV
Short-form IQ	104.15 (13.55)
CASL
Short-form expressive language	102.98 (15.44)
Short-form receptive language	108.54 (13.72)
	𝑛 (% of total)
ASD diagnosis
Asperger’s disorder	35 (70.0%)
PDD-NOS	11 (22.0%)
Autistic disorder	4 (8.0%)
Gender
Male	47 (94.0%)
Female	3 (6.0%)
Ethnicity
Caucasian	45 (90.0%)
African-American	1 (2.0%)
Hispanic	1 (2.0%)
Asian-American	2 (4.0%)
Other	1 (2.0%)

Diagnostic category data reported in this table constitute diagnoses made by external clinicians (i.e., contained in reports submitted by parents). All testing to determine inclusion in this study (i.e., WISC-IV, CASL, and ADI-R) was done by members of the research team. WISC-IV: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-4th Edition; CASL: Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language; PDD-NOS: pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.