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Assessment and Remediation of Executive Dysfunction in Autism and Asperger Syndrome

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Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism?

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Impaired executive functions have been documented in individuals with autism and Asperger syndrome (AS) across all ages and functioning levels, using a wide variety of different tasks (McEvoy, Rogers, & Pennington, 1993; Ozonoff, Pennington, & Rogers, 1991; Prior & Hoffmann, 1990; Rumsey, 1985; Rumsey & Hamburger, 1988). Although impairments in abilities such as planning, organization, flexibility, and self-regulation are critical to everyday functioning and school success, little attention has been paid to their remediation. There is a large and growing body of literature devoted to treatment of the communication and social disabilities associated with autism and AS (e.g., Lord, 1988; Marriage, Gordon, & Brand, 1995; Mesibov, 1984; Ozonoff & Miller, 1995; Chapters 9 and 10, this volume), but virtually nothing has been written about managing the executive deficits these individuals demonstrate. This chapter begins by providing a definition of executive function and current hypotheses about the neural substrate of these cognitive processes. This is followed by a review of the research literature on executive dysfunction in autism and AS. The second half of the chapter discusses strategies for assessment and remediation of such problems.

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Ozonoff, S. (1998). Assessment and Remediation of Executive Dysfunction in Autism and Asperger Syndrome. In: Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B., Kunce, L.J. (eds) Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism?. Current Issues in Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5369-4_12

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