Myriam L. H. Beauchamp

Myriam Beauchamp holds an honours BA in linguistics from Concordia University (2008), an MS in speech, language and hearing sciences from Purdue University (2011) and a PhD in biomedical sciences (speech-language pathology) from the Université de Montréal. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University (Elsabbagh lab) and was a member of the RI-MUHC equity, diversity and inclusion committee (2023–2024).

Myriam Beauchamp is a licensed speech-language pathologist (SLP) with over a decade of clinical experience specializing in neurodevelopmental conditions, with expertise in assessing and supporting bilingual speakers. Her clinical experience includes working on multidisciplinary diagnostic teams, offering speech-language assessment and intervention services, and facilitating social skills groups for young adults on the autism spectrum.

She has been awarded several training and research grants, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral Grant and the Fond de recherches du Québec — santé (FRQS) postdoctoral fellowship.

Professor Beauchamp is currently accepting students for thesis supervision.

• Bilingualism
• Autism
• Language development

Myriam Beauchamp's research examines bilingual language development, as well as the link between bilingualism, narrative skills, social skills and cognition in children on the autism spectrum. Her research also aims to understand the barriers and facilitators to equitable health-care services for minority-language speakers with neurodevelopmental conditions and their families. Her goal is to use research knowledge to effect positive change where it is needed.

Journal articles

• Beauchamp, M. L. H., Rezzonico, S., Elsabbagh, M. (2023). The influence of bilingual on the narrative, social and pragmatic abilities of school-aged children on the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental. 53, 4577–4590.
• Beauchamp, M. L. H., Amorim, K., Wunderlich, S. N., Lai, J., Scorah, J., Elsabbagh, M. (2022). Barriers to accessing healthcare services for minority-language speakers with neurodevelopmental disorders: a scoping review. Frontiers in Psychiatry: Special Edition. 13, 915999.
• Beauchamp, M. L. H., & MacLeod, A. A. N. (2022). The role of exposure on school-aged bilingual language abilities– it depends on what you measure. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 25(9), 3404-3419.
• MacLeod, A. A. N., Sutton, A., Bérubé, D., Beauchamp, M. L. H., Trudeau N., Lefebvre, P., Schneider, P. (2022). How community and family support bilingual language development: Insights from bilingual Canadian families. International Journal of Multilingualism. 1-25.
• Beauchamp, M. L. H, Rezzonico, S., & MacLeod, A. A. N. (2020). Bilingualism in School-Aged Children with ASD: A Pilot Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 50, 4433-4448.
• Beauchamp, M. L. H., & MacLeod, A. A. N. (2017). Bilingualism in children with autism spectrum disorder: Making evidence based recommendations. Canadian Psychology, 58, 3.

Published protocols

• Beauchamp, M. L. H., Amorim, K., Wunderlich, S. N., Lai, J., Scorah, J., Elsabbagh, M. (2022). Examining the barriers and facilitators to accessing equitable healthcare services for minority-language speakers with neurodevelopmental disorders: a scoping review: Research protocol. Open Science Framework.
• Beauchamp, M. L. H., Hughes, S., Alzaghoul, A., Nasir, R., Braverman, A., Karemi, L., Garcia, DM., Elsabbagh, M. (2023). State of diagnostic and intervention services for children with neurodevelopmental disorders in humanitarian contexts in low- and middle-income countries: A Scoping Review. Open Science Framework.

Speaker invitations

• Beauchamp, M.L.H. (September-November 2022). ECHO-Autism McGill. Presenter and Hub Team member. Online.
• Beauchamp, M.L.H. (October 2021). Canadian Autism Leadership Summit 2021: Canadian Autism, Spectrum Disorder Association (CASDA) Conference: Language Use Panel. Online.
• Beauchamp, M.L.H. (May 2019). International Society for Autism Research (INSAR): Pre-INSAR Conference Local Community Conference. Growing up bilingual with autism: benefits and challenges, and how to make evidence informed choices. Invited member of a round table on the subject on: “Parenting children with autism as a minority language speaker”. Montréal, Canada.

Other selected publications

• Beauchamp, M. L. H., Rezzonico, S.,Elsabbagh, M. (Novembre 2023). The Narrative Scoring Scheme's Validity with Bilingual and Monolingual Children on the Autism Spectrum. Congrès du AmericanSpeech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention. Boston, USA.
• Beauchamp, M. L. H., Amorim, K., Wunderlich, S. N., Lai, J., Scorah, J., Elsabbagh, M. (Novembre 2023). Identifying Barriers to Healthcare Access and Use for Minority-Language Speakers with Neurodevelopment Disorders. Congrès du American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Boston, USA.
• Beauchamp, M. L. H., Rezzonico, S.,...Elsabbagh, M. (November 2022). Narrative, Social and Pragmatic Abilities in Bilingual and Monolingual School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum. American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention. New Orleans, USA.