An Examination of the Differences in General Linguistic Ability of Autistic Children (Boys and Girls) with High-functioning

The study was carried out to examine the differences in the general language ability of autistic children (boys and girls) with high-functioning in Mashhad in the academic year 2012-2013. This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study selected 20 students in two groups of 10 girls and 10 boys, including high-functioning autistic children, using non-random sampling to obtain data from the Test of Language Development (told-P:3). The data was analyzed using an independent t-test and one-sample t-test in SPSS16. The results indicated that high-functioning autistic girls and boys do not vary from each other in language skills abilities (speaking, listening, semantics, general language skills). The study results indicated that the linguistic and reading status of high-functioning autistic children do not significantly differ between boys and girls.