Autism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders characterized
by deficits in social and communication functioning. Previous studies suggest that people with
autism spectrum disorders have deficits in executive functions, having found a relationship with
cognitive flexibility, planning, working memory, inhibition or self-control, but it is especially with
respect to cognitive flexibility where the greatest dysfunctions have been found. The objective
of this research was to compare the executive functioning of a group of children and adolescents
diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders with another with neurotypical development in an
educational context.
