Association Between Symbolic Play and Language: A Comparison Between Typically Developing Children and Children with Down Syndrome.

Objective: Language and symbolic play require the same underlying symbolic ability and develop parallel to one another. The aim of this study was to determine the association between symbolic play and vocabulary in typically developing children and children with Down syndrome in Malaysia.

Methods: Twenty-five typically developing children and 25 children with Down syndrome aged between 12 and 36 months were involved in this study.