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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1975) 126: 127-145. doi: 10.1192/bjp.126.2.127
© 1975 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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A Comparative Study of Infantile Autism and Specific Developmental Receptive Language Disorder

I. The Children

LAWRENCE BARTAK M.A.1, MICHAEL RUTTER M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych.2, and ANTONY COX M.A., M.Phil(Psychiat), M.R.C.P., M.R.C.Psych.3

1 Lecturer, Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
2 Professor of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
3 Research Worker, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF

A sample of boys aged from 5 to 10 years with no demonstrable neurological dysfunction, hearing loss or mental retardation, who had a current severe developmental disorder of the understanding of spoken language were examined using standard psychological tests of cognitive, linguistic and social behaviour, together with a standardized interview administered to the parents. Results showed that within this group children diagnosed as autistic had a more deviant language development than non-autistic children, had a more severe comprehension defect, had a more extensive language disability (in that it involved several different modalities), and also showed a defect in the social usage of the language they possessed. There were very few differences in the pattern of non-linguistic skills, and it is concluded that a language disability is probably necessary for the development of the behavioural syndrome of autism.

Submitted on February 19, 1974




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