{"id":17927,"date":"2024-04-23T19:49:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autism.org\/?p=17927"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:22:30","slug":"white-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism.org\/white-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"White Matter Development and Language in Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tyler McFayden, Ph.D.<\/a>, considers the intersection of white matter development and language in autism. She discusses language modality and considers how white matter may help predict autism diagnosis and inform interventions. The speaker details an ongoing longitudinal investigation into the relationship between white matter and language development across diagnosis-likelihood groups. Preliminary results suggest a unique relationship between language and white matter in high-likelihood groups that is evident starting between 6 and 12 months postnatal. McFayden discusses study results and considers their implications in autism diagnosis, interventions, and future research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Handouts are online HERE\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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