Research in Developmental Disabilities and Language Lab

Recent Publications

Potter, S. N., Harvey, D., Sterling, A., & Abbeduto, L. (2025). The influence of parent and couple characteristics on parental responsivity during parent-child interactions in families of children with fragile X syndrome. Research in developmental disabilities164, 105044. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2025.105044

Edgar, T.C., Elmquist, M., Schabes, C., Mohammed, L., Banasik, A., & Sterling, A. (2025). Assessing Autism Co-Occurrence in Fragile X Syndrome: Proposing a Preliminary CARS-2 Cut-Off Score. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06888-8

Sterling, A., Lorang, E., Reis, K., & Elmquist, M. (2025). The Impact of Autistic Traits on Joint Attention in Young Children With Down Syndrome During Mother-Child and Father-Child Interactions. American journal of speech-language pathology34(2), 834–844. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00041

Elmquist, M., Ford, A. L. B., & Sterling, A. (2024). The complexity of opportunities to respond used by mothers and fathers of children with Down syndrome: A preliminary investigation. Journal of child language, 1–14. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000924000370

Thurman, A. J., Nunnally, A. D., Nguyen, V., Berry-Kravis, E., Sterling, A., Edgin, J., Hamilton, D., Aschkenasy, J., & Abbeduto, L. (2024). Short-term and Long-term Stability of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) Calibrated Comparison Scores (CCS) and Classification Scores in Youth with Down Syndrome or Fragile X Syndrome with Intellectual Disability. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 10.1007/s10803-024-06535-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06535-8

Maltman, N., Sterling, A., Santos, E., & Hagerman, R. (2024). Language use predicts symptoms of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome in men and women with the FMR1 premutation. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 20707. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70810-y

Elmquist, M., Ford, A. L. B., Lorang, E., & Sterling, A. (2024). Opportunities to Respond During Dyadic Caregiver-Child and Naturalistic Family Interactions Among Children With Down Syndrome: A Preliminary Investigation. American journal of speech-language pathology, 1–10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00179

Potter, S. N., Harvey, D., Sterling, A., & Abbeduto, L. (2024). Parental Responsivity and Child Communication During Mother-Child and Father-Child Interactions in Fragile X Syndrome. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 67(3), 939–959. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00517

Maltman, N., Willer, R., & Sterling, A. (2023). An Exploratory Study of Pragmatic Language Use Across Contexts With the Pragmatic Rating Scale-School Age Among Autistic Boys and Boys With Fragile X Syndrome Plus Autism. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 66(11), 4547–4557. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00024

Abbeduto, L., Del Hoyo Soriano, L., Berry-Kravis, E., Sterling, A., Edgin, J. O., Abdelnur, N., Drayton, A., Hoffmann, A., Hamilton, D., Harvey, D. J., & Thurman, A. J. (2023). Expressive language sampling and outcome measures for treatment trials in fragile X and down syndromes: composite scores and psychometric properties. Scientific reports, 13(1), 9267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36087-3

Maltman, N., Hilvert, E., Friedman, L., & Sterling, A. (2023). Comparison of Linguistic Error Production in Conversational Language Among Boys With Fragile X Syndrome + Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autistic Boys. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(1), 296–313. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00078

Hilvert, E., Lorang, E., Maltman, N., & Sterling, A. (2022). Assessing the quantity and quality of language used by mothers and fathers of children with Down Syndrome during shared book reading. Journal of Child Language, 50(3), 778–790. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000922000046

Maltman, N., Lorang, E., Venker, C., & Sterling, A. (2022). Speech-language pathologists’ self-reported language input and recommendations during early intervention. Journal of Early Intervention, 45(1), 19–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/10538151221086512

del Hoyo Soriano, L., Villarreal, J. C., Sterling, A., Edgin, J., Berry-Kravis, E., Hamilton, D. R., Thurman, A. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2022). The association between expressive language skills and adaptive behavior in individuals with down syndrome. Scientific Reports, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24478-x

del Hoyo Soriano, L., Sterling, A., Edgin, J., Hamilton, D. R., Berry-Kravis, E., Dimachkie Nunnally, A., Thurman, A. J., & Abbeduto, L. (2022). Associations among sex, cognitive ability, and autism symptoms in individuals with down syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05779-6

Maltman, N., Klusek, J., DaWalt, L., Hong, J., Sterling, A., Berry-Kravis, E., & Mailick, M. R. (2022). Verbal inhibition declines among older women with high FMR1 premutation expansions: A prospective study. Brain and Cognition, 159, 105851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2022.105851

Hoffmann, A., Thurman, A., Sterling, A., Kover, S., Finestack, L., Berry-Kravis, E., Edgin, J., Drayton, A., Fombonne, E., & Abbeduto, L. (2022). Analysis of a repetitive language coding system: Comparisons between Fragile X syndrome, autism, and Down Syndrome. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050575

Potter, S. N., Harvey, D. J., Sterling, A., & Abbeduto, L. (2022). Mental health challenges, parenting stress, and features of the couple relationship in parents of children with Fragile X Syndrome. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 857633. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.857633

Lorang, E., Maltman, N., Venker, C., Eith, A., & Sterling, A. (2022). Speech-language pathologists’ practices in augmentative and alternative communication during early intervention. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 38(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2022.2046853

Thurman, A. J., Edgin, J. O., Sherman, S. L., Sterling, A., McDuffie, A., Berry-Kravis, E., Hamilton, D., & Abbeduto, L. (2021). Spoken language outcome measures for treatment studies in Down syndrome: Feasibility, practice effects, test-retest reliability, and construct validity of variables generated from expressive language sampling. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 13(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-021-09361-6

Dimachkie Nunnally, A., Nguyen, V., Anglo, C., Sterling, A., Edgin, J., Sherman, S., Berry-Kravis, E., del Hoyo Soriano, L., Abbeduto, L., & Thurman, A. J. (2021). Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder in individuals with down syndrome. Brain Sciences, 11(10), 1278. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11101278

Hilvert, E., Lorang, E., & Sterling, A. (2021). Maternal use of decontextualized and contextualized talk: An in-depth investigation of early parent–child interactions in down syndrome. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(4), 1767–1780. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_ajslp-20-00190

Lorang, E. K., & Sterling, A. (2021). Parent command use and child compliance during parent–child interactions including children with down syndrome. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(3), 1203–1209. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_ajslp-20-00251

Maltman, N., Friedman, L., Lorang, E., & Sterling, A. (2021). Brief report: Linguistic mazes and Perseverations in school-age boys with Fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder and relationships with maternal maze use. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(2), 897–907. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04981-2

Abbeduto, L., Berry-Kravis, E., Sterling, A., Sherman, S., Edgin, J. O., McDuffie, A., Hoffmann, A., Hamilton, D., Nelson, M., Aschkenasy, J., & Thurman, A. J. (2020). Expressive language sampling as a source of outcome measures for treatment studies in Fragile X Syndrome: Feasibility, practice effects, test-retest reliability, and construct validity. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 12(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09313-6

Barton-Hulsey, A., & Sterling, A. (2020). Grammatical judgment and production in male participants with idiopathic autism spectrum disorder. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 34(12), 1088–1111. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1719208

Barton-Hulsey, A., Lorang, E., Renfus, K., & Sterling, A. (2020). Maternal input and child language comprehension during book reading in children with down syndrome. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(3), 1475–1488. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_ajslp-19-00156