Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Di Francesco, C., Murahara, F., Martin, V., Flanagan, T. & Nadig, A. (2021). The value of employment support services for adults on the autism spectrum and/or with intellectual disabilities: Employee, employer, and job coach perspectives. The Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation.
  2. Latif, N., Di Francesco, C., Custo-Blanch, M., Hyde, K., Sharda, M., & Nadig, A. (2021). Joint engagement and movement: Active ingredients of a music-based intervention with school-age children with autism. NeuroRehabilitation, 48, 167-185. https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-208012
  3. Bang, J. Y., Sharda, M., & Nadig, A. S. (2020). Towards greater transparency in neurodevelopmental disorders research: use of a proposed workflow and propensity scores to facilitate selection of matched groups. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 12(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09321-6
  4. Bang, J. Y., & Nadig, A. (2020). An investigation of word learning in the presence of gaze: Evidence from school-age children with typical development or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Cognitive Development, 54, 100847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100847
  5. Gonzalez-Barrero, A.M. & Nadig, A. (2019). Can bilingualism mitigate set-shifting difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorders? Child Development, 90(4), 1043-1060. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12979
  6. Gonzalez-Barrero, A.M. & Nadig, A. (2019). Brief Report: Vocabulary and Grammatical Skills of Bilingual Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders at School Age. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 49(9), 3888-3897.
  7. Trudel, C. & Nadig, A. (2019). A Role-Play Assessment Tool and a Drama-Based Social Skills Intervention for Adults with Autism or Related Social Communication Difficulties. Dramatherapy, 40 (1), 41-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263067219834712
  8. Jamey, K., Foster, N., Sharda, M., Tuerk, C., Nadig, A. & Hyde, K. (2019) Music perception is intact in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 64, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2018.11.013
  9. Nadig, A., Flanagan, T., White, K. & Bhatnagar, S. (2018). Results of a RCT on a transition support program for adults with ASD: Effects on Self Determination and Quality of Life. Autism Research, 11(12), 1712-1728. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2027
  10. Sharda, M., Tuerk, C., Chowdhury, R. Jamey, K., Foster, N., Custo-Blanch, M., Tan, M., Nadig, A.# & Hyde, K.# (2018). Music improves social communication and auditory-motor connectivity in children with autism. Translational Psychiatry, 8:231. #co-senior authors https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0287-3
  11. White, K., Flanagan, T. & Nadig, A. (2018). Examining the relationship between self-determination and quality of life in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 30 (6), 735–754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-018-9616-y
  12. Eberhardt, M. & Nadig, A. (2018). Reduced sensitivity to context in language comprehension: A characteristic of Autism Spectrum Disorders or of poor structural language abilities? Research in Developmental Disabilities, 72, 284-296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2016.01.017
  13. Gonzalez-Barrero, A.M. & Nadig, A. (2018). Bilingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The impact of amount of language exposure on vocabulary and morphological skills at school age. Autism Research, 11(12), 1667–1678. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2023
  14. Huong, H., Gonzalez-Barrero, A.M. & Nadig, A. (2018). Narrative skills of bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder. Discours, 23. https://journals.openedition.org/discours/9856
  15. Rvachew, S., Rees, K., Carolan, E. & Nadig, A. (2017). Improving emergent literacy with school-based shared reading: Paper versus eBooks. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 12, 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2017.01.002
  16. Rees, K., Rvachew, S. & Nadig, A. (2017). Story-related discourse by parent-child dyads: A comparison of typically developing children and children with language impairments. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 12, 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2017.01.001
  17. Nadig, A. & Mulligan, A. (2017). Intact non-word repetition and similar error patterns in language-matched children with autism spectrum disorders: A pilot study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 66, 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2017.03.003
  18. Gonzalez-Barrero, A. & Nadig, A. (2017). Verbal fluency in bilingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7 (3-4), 460-475. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.15023.gon
  19. Bang, J. & Nadig, A. (2015). Learning Language in Autism: Maternal Linguistic Input Contributes to Later Vocabulary, Autism Research, 8 (2), 214-223. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1440
  20. Nadig, A., & Shaw, H. (2015). Acoustic marking of prominence: How do preadolescent speakers with and without high-functioning autism mark contrast in an interactive task? Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 30 (1-2), 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2012.753150
  21. Nadig A, Seth, S. & Sasson, M. (2015). Global Similarities and Multifaceted Differences in the Production of Partner-Specific Referential Pacts by Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1888. http://dx.doi.org:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01888
  22. Bang, J., Burns, J. & Nadig, A. (2013). Conveying subjectivity in conversation: Mental state terms and personal narratives in typical development and children with high functioning autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (7), 1732-1740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1716-4
  23. Bani Hani, H., Gonzalez-Barrero, A. & Nadig, A. (2013). Children’s referential understanding of novel words and parent labelling behaviours: similarities across children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Child Language, 40 (5), 971-1002. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000912000426
  24. Bourguignon, N., Nadig, A. & Valois, D. (2012). The Biolinguistics of Autism: Emergent Perspectives. Biolinguistics, 6 (2), 124-165. http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/234
  25. Nadig, A. & Shaw, H. (2012). Expressive prosody in high-functioning autism: Increased pitch range and what it means to listeners. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (4), 499-511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1264-3
  26. Vivanti, G., McCormick, C., Young, G., Abucayan, F., Hatt, N., Nadig, A., Ozonoff, S. & Rogers, S. (2011). Intact and impaired mechanisms of action understanding in autism. Developmental Psychology, 47 (3), 841–856.
  27. Nadig, A. & Shaw, H. (2011). Expressive prosody in high-functioning autism: Increased pitch range and what it means to listeners. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (4), 499-511.
  28. Nadig, A., Lee, I., Singh, L., Bosshart, K. & Ozonoff, S. (2010). How does the topic of conversation affect verbal exchange and eye gaze? A comparison between typical development and high-functioning autism. Neuropsychologia, 48 (9), 2730-2739.
  29. Nadig, A., Vivanti, G. & Ozonoff, S. (2009). Object descriptions under different communicative demands: How do children with and without autism adapt? Autism Research, 2, 1-14.
  30. Vivanti, G., Nadig, A., Ozonoff, S., & Rogers, S.J. (2008). What do children with autism attend to during imitation tasks? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Special issue on Imitation in Autism, 101, 186-205.
  31. Nadig, A., Ozonoff, S., Singh, L., Young, G., & Rogers, S. J. (2007). Do 6-month-old infants at risk for autism display an infant-directed speech preference? In H. Caunt-Nulton, S. Kulatikake, & I. Woo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (451-461). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
  32. Nadig, A., Ozonoff, S., Young, G., Rozga, A., Sigman, M., & Rogers, S. J. (2007). A prospective study of response-to-name in infants at risk for autism. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Theme issue on Autism, 161 (4), 378-383.
  33. Nadig, A. & Sedivy, J. (2002). Evidence of perspective-taking constraints in children's on-line reference resolution. Psychological Science, 13 (4), 329-336.

Selected Conference Presentations

  1. Gonzalez-Barrero, A. & Nadig, A. (2019, June). Language Skills and Executive Functions of Bilingual Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Talk presented as part of the symposium A world of possibilities: Bilingual development in children with ASD at the 12th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  2. Goad, H., Li, F., Gonzalez Barrero, A.M. & Nadig, A. (2019, May). Phonological Factors Underlying Performance on a Multi-Lingual Non-Word Repetition Task. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
  3. Li, F., Gonzalez Barrero, A.M. Goad, H., & Nadig, A. (2019, May). Evaluation of a Novel Non-Word Repetition Test As a Clinical Marker for Language Impairment in Multilingually-Exposed Children with ASD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
  4. Latif, N., Di Francesco, C., and Nadig, A. (2019, July). Using Interpersonal Movement Coordination to Investigate Gender Differences in Adults with Autism. Poster presented at the 41st annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Montreal, Canada.
  5. Latif, N., Di Francesco, C., and Nadig, A. (2019, May). Interpersonal Movement Coordination in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Potential Tool for Addressing ‘Female Camouflage’? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
  6. Handfield, S., Murahara, F., Martin, V., Ouellet, G., Flanagan, T. & Nadig, A. (2019, May). Partnership for Employment Support for Adults with ASD or Intellectual Disability: Co-Creation of Research Evidence and Knowledge Mobilization Tools. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
  7. Jamey, K., Foster, N., Sharda, M., Tuerk, C., Chowdhury, R., Tan, M., Nadig, A., and Hyde, K., (2019, May). Inhibition Control Outcomes of a Music Intervention for Autism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
  8. *Custo-Blanch, M., Sharda, M., Ferdinand-Peterkin, R., Tan, M, Hyde, K & Nadig, A. (2018, May). Development of a Video-Based Coding Tool: Autism Behavioural Change Observational Measure (ABCOM) to Monitor Response to Intervention in School-Age Children with Autism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Book Chapters

  1. Gonzalez-Barrero A.M., Nadig A. (2020) Bilingualism and Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: Volkmar F. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102508-1
  2. Nadig, A. & Gonzalez-Barrero, A.M. (2019). Proficient bilingualism may alleviate some executive function difficulties in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In Irina Sekerina, Lauren Spradlin, and Virginal Valian (Eds.), Bilingualism, Executive Function, and Beyond. Questions and insights. John Benjamins. https://www.benjamins.com/catalog/sibil.57
  3. Flanagan, T. & Nadig, A. (2019). Autodétermination et qualité de vie pour les jeunes adultes. In Catherine Des Rivières-Pigeon (Ed.), Autisme: Ces réalités sociales dont il faut parler. Éditions du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal.
  4. Nadig, A. & Bang, J. (2017). Parental input to children with ASD and its influence on later language. In L. Naigles (Ed.), Language and the human lifespan series. Innovative investigations of language in autism spectrum disorder (p. 89- 113). American Psychological Association; Walter de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1037/15964-006
  5. Rees., K., Rvachew, S. & Nadig, A. (2016). Adults and children make meaning together with e-books. In N. Kucirkova and G. Galloon (Eds.), Apps, technology and young learners: International evidence for teaching. Taylor &Francis/Routledge.