Experimental Arabic Linguistics

This is a longitudinal study of the vocabulary development of 29 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the UAE, who are aged 44 to 77 months and enrolled in a bilingual intensive intervention program. These children were assessed at entry, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 30 months using receptive and expressive vocabulary tests in Arabic and English. MANOVA results and follow-up tests showed significant increases in vocabulary skills across times and in both languages. Pearson corr