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 A comparison of three adaptive behaviour measures in relation to cognitive level and severity of autism compared the relationship between three measures of adaptive behaviour on the one hand, and cognitive level and severity of autism on the other. Strong positive correlations were found between MA and adaptive skills on all three measures.  | Authors Kerry Wells 1 Rosemary Condillac 2 Adrienne Perry 1 David C. Factor3 1 Treatment Research Education for Autism and Developmental Disorders TRE-ADD Thistletown Regional Centre York University 2 TRE-ADD Thistletown Regional Centre Brock University 3 TRE-ADD Thistletown Regional Centre Toronto ON Correspondence kwells@ Keywords autism adaptive behaviour intellectual disability A Comparison of Three Adaptive Behaviour Measures in Relation to Cognitive Level and Severity of Autism Abstract Adaptive behaviour everyday skills in social and practical domains AAMR 2002 is vital to the understanding of individuals with developmental disorders including autism. Several measures of adaptive functioning are available and deciding among them can be difficult for clinicians. Conceptually there is overlap between adaptive behaviour and other constructs included in assessments of individuals with autism. Previous research has found moderate correlations among adaptive functioning cognitive level and severity of autism. These are overlapping concepts and the degree to which they overlap relates to the understanding and usefulness of the measures. This study examined the utility and construct validity of three widely used measures of adaptive behaviour as rated by staff the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Classroom Edition VABS-Classroom Sparrow Balla Cicchetti 1985 the Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised SIB-R Bruininks Woodcock Weatherman Hill 1996 and the Adaptive Behavior Scale-School-Second Edition ABS-S 2 Lambert Nihira Leland 1993 . Adaptive behaviour refers to skills in conceptual social and practical domains that an individual is able to demonstrate on a daily basis AAMR 2002 . Knowledge about adaptive skills is critical to research treatment and vocational planning and is required for the diagnosis of an intellectual disability together with cognitive testing AAMR 2002 Fenton et al. 2003 Su Lin Wu Chen 2008 . However there is no universally accepted .

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• A comparison of three adaptive behaviour measures
• Cognitive level of autism
• Severity level of autism
• Assess adaptive behaviours
• VABS Classroom edition