Cognitive Profiling in Autism Spectrum Disorder: What the Cattell–Horn–Carroll Theory Reveals
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CHC theory, PSW model, autism spectrum disorder, cognitive strengths and weaknessesAbstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or autism for short, has always been identified by its classical triad of impairments (TOI) which is difficulty with communication, difficulty with behavior or social interaction, and difficulty with social skills, as first established by Lorna Wing and Judith Gould in 1979. This TOI has become generally accepted as the key criteria for identifying children suspected and/or observed to have ASD. While the concept of TOI has set as the central plank of the construct of ASD, it should never be taken as an end in itself with the symptomatic definition of the condition. It should, however, remain a transitional idea that continues to evolve from the level of behavioral manifestation to that of cognitive processing. As a result, the authors of this short paper have taken a different approach in examining the concept of ASD by applying the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory in terms of cognitive strengths and weaknesses in the diagnostic evaluation of the autistic condition.
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