Publications

Grace O. Lawley, Peter A. Heeman, Steven Bedrick (2023). Computational Analysis of Backchannel Usage and Overlap Length in Autistic Children. Proceedings of the First Workshop on Connecting Multiple Disciplines to AI Techniques in Interaction-centric Autism Research and Diagnosis (ICARD 2023).

Grace O. Lawley, Peter A. Heeman, Jill K. Dolata, Eric Fombonne, Steven Bedrick (2023). A Statistical Approach for Quantifying Group Difference in Topic Distributions Using Clinical Discourse Samples. Proceedings of the 24th Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL).

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Heather MacFarlane, Alexandra C. Salem, Steven Bedrick, Jill K. Dolata, Jack Wiedrick, Grace O. Lawley, Lizbeth H. Finestack, Sara T. Kover, Angela John Thurman, Leonard Abbeduto, Eric Fombonne (2023). Consistency and reliability of automated language measures across expressive language samples in autism. Autism Research.

Grace O. Lawley, Steven Bedrick, Eric Fombonne (2022). Sex Differences in Pronoun and Maze Usage in the Language of Children wth Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR).

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Grace O. Lawley, Steven Bedrick, Heather MacFarlane, Jill K. Dolata, Alexandra C. Salem, Eric Fombonne (2022). "Um" and "Uh" Usage Patterns in Children with Autism: Associations with Measures of Structural and Pragmatic Language Ability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (JADD).

Alexandra C. Salem, Heather MacFarlane, Joel Adams, Grace O. Lawley, Jill K. Dolata, Steven Bedrick, Eric Fombonne (2021). Evaluating Atypical Language in Autism Using Automated Language Measures. Scientific Reports.

Grace O. Lawley, Steven Bedrick, Jill K. Dolata, Eric Fombonne (2021). Investigation on Examiner "Um" and "Uh" Usage in ADOS-2 Sessions. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR).

Abstract Book Poster

Alexandra C. Salem, Heather MacFarlane, Joel R. Adams, Grace O. Lawley, Jill K. Dolata, Steven Bedrick, Eric Fombonne (2021). Evaluating Atypical Language in Autism Using Automated Discourse Measures. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR).

Alexandra C. Salem, Heather MacFarlane, Jill K. Dolata, Grace O. Lawley, Eric Fombonne (2020). Using MLU to Evaluate the Reliability of ADOS Transcription. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR).