In a modified version ofWordNet-based vector similarity, Sim WV ), (Li et al., 2006), we first create vectors v n and v m for each narrative n and m, where each element corresponds to a word in the type union of n and m. We assign values to each element e in v n using the following formulation: S(e, n) = 1 if e ∈ n max where LS is Lin's universal similarity (Lin, 1998).
it is our expectation that children with ASD do not only veer from the target topic more frequently than typically developing children but also pursue topics of their own individual specific interests.