Publications

2025

Friedman, L., Maltman, N., Sterling, A., Hudock, R. L, DaWalt, L. S. (in press). Filled pause use in adults with ASD and their first-degree relatives: Gender differences and within-family associations. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Friedman, L., Matchin, W., Berry-Kravis, E., Klusek, J. (in press). Semantic and syntactic language differences associated with the FMR1 premutation genotype. Journal of Neurolinguistics.

Klusek, J., Jenner., L., Hogan, A. L., Friedman, L., Berry-Kravis, E., Tassone, F., Adayev, T., Fairchild, A. J., Roberts, J. (2025). Depression symptom trajectories in mothers with the FMR1 premutation vary by CGG repeat length: A longitudinal study of 73 women spanning 20-75 years of age. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 198, 103-119.

2024

Moser, C., Friedman, L., Bangert, K., Hickey, A., Sun, J., Klusek, J. (2024). Effects of COVID in mothers of children with FXS and autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 117, 102465. PMCID: PMC in progress.

Friedman, L., Moser, C., Thurman, A. J., Taylor, J. L., Abbeduto, L., Klusek., J. (2024). Description and predictors of self-determination in males and females with fragile X syndrome on the verge of adulthood. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 68(11), 1316-1330. PMCID: PMC in progress.

Moser, C., Campanelli, A., Friedman, L., Thurman, A. J., Abbeduto, L., Klusek, J. (2024). Characterizing the social interaction style of autism in young adult males with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 68(5), 464-476. PMCID: PMC11023774.

2023

Friedman, L., Lauber, M., Behroozmand, R., Fogerty, D., Kunecki, D., Berry-Kravis, E., & Klusek, J. (2023). Atypical vocal quality in women with the FMR1 premutation: an indicator of impaired sensorimotor control. Experimental Brain Research, 241(8), 1975-1987. PMCID: PMC10863608.

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. PMCID: PMC10023176.

2022

Maltman, N., Friedman, L., Lorang, E., Sterling, A. (2022). 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 Disabilities, 52, 897-907. PMCID: PMC8463634.

2021

Bangert, K. J., Moser, C., Friedman, L., Klusek, J. (2021). Family as a context for child development: Mothers with the FMR1 premutation and their children with fragile X syndrome. Seminars in Speech and Language, 42(4), 277-286. PMCID: PMC in progress

2020

Friedman, L., Lorang, E., Hilvert, E., Sterling, A. (2020). Are we done yet? Question-asking in boys with fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(6), 1822-1834. PMCID: PMC7839035

Haebig, E., Sterling, A., Barton-Hulsey, A., Friedman, L. (2020). Rates and predictors of co-occurring autism spectrum disorder in boys with fragile X syndrome. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 5, 1-19.  PMCID: PMC9281610

Hilvert, L., Sterling., A., Haebig, E., Friedman L. (2020). Expressive language abilities of boys with idiopathic ASD and boys with FXS+ASD: Cross-context comparisons. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 5, 1-16. PMCID: PMC9620452

2019

Friedman, L., Sterling, A., DaWalt, L. S., Mailick, M. R. (2019). Conversational language is a predictor of vocational independence and friendship in adults with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 49(10),4294-4305PMCID: PMC7011355

Friedman, L., Sterling, A. (2019). A review of language, executive function, and intervention in autism spectrum disorder. Seminars in Speech and Language, 40, 291-304. PMCID: PMC7012379

Friedman, L., Lorang, E., Sterling, A. (2019). The use of demonstratives and personal pronouns in fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 33(5), 420-436.  PMCID: PMC6481616

2018

Friedman, L., Sterling, A., Barton-Hulsey, A. (2018). Gaze avoidance and perseverative language in fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder: Brief Report. Journal of Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 21(2), 137-140. PMCID: PMC6236677