Predictors of outcome among high functioning children with autism and Asperger syndrome

BACKGROUND: The objective of this paper is to assess the extent to which measures of cognitive abilities taken in an inception cohort of young high functioning children with autism and Asperger syndrome predict outcome roughly two and six years later. METHOD: Children who received a diagnosis of autism or Asperger syndrome (AS) and who had a nonverbal IQ score in the 'non-retarded' range were included in the inception cohort. Measures of …