Table 1 Basic Information of Research Participants

	Child A	Child B	Child C
Gender	M	M	F
Age	5years 1months	6years 6months	6years 6months
Diagnosis & Assessment	Autism Spectrum Disorder	Intellectual Disability	Autism Spectrum Disorder
*PRES (Assessment Age)	Receptive Language: 20 monthsExpressive Language: 18 months(3years 6months)	Receptive Language: 22 monthsExpressive Language: 19 months(4years 7months)	Receptive Language: 3 years 4 monthsExpressive Language: 35 months(4years 6months)
**CARS	35(Moderately Autistic)	22(Non-Autistic)	36(Moderately Autistic)
Language & Communication:	- Frequently responds to others’ questions with single words.- Does not understand interrogative words like “when” and “why.”- Often speaks about specific interests regardless of context.	- Communicates mainly using two-word phrases.- Struggles with pronunciation, making it difficult to say longer words.- Shows difficulties in performing complex cognitive tasks.	- Frequently uses delayed echolalia.- Does not understand interrogative words like “who,” “when,” and “why.”- Responds inconsistently when called by name.
*PRES (Preschool Receptive-Expressive Language Scale)**CARS (Childhood Autism Rating Scale)