Publications and Presentations

Publications

LeGrand, K., Parish-Morris, J., & Naigles, L. (2025). Longitudinal analyses of early verb production in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

LeGrand, K. J., Wisman Weil L., Lord, C., & Luyster, R. J. (2021). Identifying childhood expressive language features that best predict adult language and communication outcome in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Presentations

LeGrand, K. & Naigles, L. (2026). Investigating meaning composition in low-verbal autistic individuals who script. Poster. Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Atlanta, GA.

LeGrand, K. & Naigles, L. (2026). Motor skills and production of nouns and verbs in TD and ASD. Poster. Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Atlanta, GA.

LeGrand, K. & Naigles, L. (2026). Investigating semantic compositionality in minimally verbal autistic individuals. Poster. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Washington, DC.

LeGrand, K. & Naigles, L. (2025). Parent underestimations of verb vocabulary in ASD and TD. Talk. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

LeGrand, K. (2025). Gestalt language acquisition? Invited talk. Connecticut Autism and Language Lab, UConn.

LeGrand, K. (2025). Gestalt language acquisition? Evaluating evidence in neurotypical development and in autism. Invited talk. Emerson College LI+TLE Lab “Up and Coming” Speaker Series, Emerson College.

LeGrand, K. J., Parish-Morris, J., & Naigles, L. (2024). Latent profiles of verb development in autism and typical development. Poster. 16th Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL), Prague, Czech Republic.

Wolfer, P., Baumeister, F., Rudelli, N., Dimitrova, N., LeGrand, K. J., Corrigan, G., Naigles, L. R., & Durrleman, S. (2024). Gesture replacing verbal information: Do autistic children recognize them? Poster. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.

Wolfer, P., Baumeister, F., Rudelli, N., LeGrand, K. J., Corrigan, G., Naigles, L. R., & Durrleman, S. (2024). Metalinguistic awareness in school-aged autistic children: Insights from a grammatical judgment task. Poster. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.

LeGrand, K. J., Parish-Morris, J., & Naigles, L. (2024). Longitudinal analysis of verb production in autism spectrum disorder. Talk. Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Durham, North Carolina.

Wolfer, P., Baumeister, F., Rudelli, N., Dimitrova, N., LeGrand, K. J., Corrigan, G., Naigles, L. R., & Durrleman, S. (2024). Co-speech gesture comprehension in school-aged autistic children. Poster. Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Durham, North Carolina.

Wolfer, P., Baumeister, F., Rudelli, N., LeGrand, K. J., Corrigan, G., Naigles, L. R., & Durrleman, S. (2024). Grammatical judgment in school-aged autistic children: A window into metalinguistic awareness. Poster. Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Durham, North Carolina.

LeGrand, K. J. & Naigles, L. (2023). Early use of manner and result verbs in autism and typical development. Poster. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden.

LeGrand, K. J. & Naigles, L. (2023). Can expressive language features indicate whether low-verbal children with ASD will progress linguistically? Poster. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.

LeGrand, K. J., Parish-Morris, J., & Naigles, L. (2023). Early verb production in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Poster. Inaugural Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Durham, North Carolina.

LeGrand, K. J., Parish-Morris, J., & Naigles, L. (2022). Early verb production in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Poster. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.

LeGrand, K. J., Parish-Morris, J., & Naigles, L. (2022). Investigating the relationship between early joint attention and later usage of verb subcategories in children with autism spectrum disorder. Poster. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas.

LeGrand, K. J., Wisman Weil, L., & Luyster, R. J. (2020). What really matters? Characterizing “the presence of useful speech” in 5-year-olds with ASD. Poster. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. [virtual conference]

LeGrand, K. J., Wisman Weil, L., & Luyster, R. J. (2020). What really matters? Characterizing “the presence of useful speech” in 5-year-olds with ASD. Poster. Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Durham, North Carolina. [conference cancelled]