The impact of multilingualism on autistic children's

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Sourced from the stated research gap and inline gaps of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1968 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 315 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Multilingual exposure and lexical–executive abilities underlying verbal fluency: A study of children with and without autism (2026) · Bilingualism: Language and Cognition · doi

  The impact of multilingualism on autistic children's development is not well understood. There is a lack of studies investigating the relationship between multilingualism and verbal fluency in autistic children. The paper aims to fill this gap by exploring the effect of multilingualism on lexical-semantic abilities in autistic children.

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  Keywords: impact multilingualism autistic children development well understood there
• CONCEPTS OF AUTISM: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH* (1968) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · cited 315× · doi

  Thirdly, it remains to be explained why it is that only some children with these defects in the perception of sounds become autistic. To what extent the differences between the type of language abnormality found in autism and in the uncomphcated developmental disorders of language (noted above) are relevant, remains unknown. The nature of the basic language abnormality remains unknown, and the suggestions as to how social withdrawal and other symptoms develop as a response to failure in the comprehension of sounds are speculative. The importance of genetic factors remains unknown. Also, there is insufficient evidence to decide the relative importance of factors in the child and in his environment in the genesis of social withdrawal.

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  Keywords: remains language unknown sounds abnormality social withdrawal importance factors thirdly explained children defects perception become
• Brief-Report: Associations Between Early Sensory Processing and Emotional-Behavioral Dysregulation in Autistic Toddlers (2026) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the relationship between sensory processing and emotional-behavioral difficulties in autistic toddlers. Prior work suggests that sensory differences may constitute a primary pathway toward emotional-behavioral difficulties, but the exact mechanisms are unclear. The study aims to address this gap by investigating the association between early sensory processing and emotional-behavioral difficulties.

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  Keywords: paper identifies gap understanding relationship between sensory processing
• Social Communication Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD Level 1): The Mediating Role of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (2026) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi

  Existing evidence suggests that social communication-related difficulties in children with ASD may reflect the influence of additional cognitive and behavioral processes. Prior work has focused on core autism symptoms, overlooking cognitive processes that influence daily functioning. The study aims to address this gap by investigating the mediating role of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome.

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  Keywords: existing evidence suggests social communication-related difficulties children asd

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