Abstract
Eighty mothers, half with Down syndrome (DS) infants and half with non-handicapped (NH) infants, were asked to watch videotaped segments of infants, half of whom were DS and half of whom were NH. Infants were matched for mental ages (MA) of 7, 10, and 16 months. Mothers were instructed to push a button whenever infants acted in a way they found salient, a measure which we believe reflects infant readability. Controlling for maternal education, mothers of DS infants noted more acts overall than mothers of NH infants. Only at 7 months MA were DS infants seen as less readable than NH infants. All mothers found infants, both DS and NH, more readable with age. These results provide justification for intervening early with parents of DS infants, helping parents identify the more subtle nature of the preverbal cuing of their young infants.
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