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The neurobiological underpinnings of non-verbal ASD (nvASD) remain poorly understood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study employed multimodal MRI to investigate white matter (WM) microstructural abnormalities in nvASD, focusing on language-related pathways. We analyzed diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics\u2013fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), and radial diffusivity (RD)\u2013alongside myelin water imaging (MWI) metrics, including myelin water fraction (MWF) and intra\/extracellular water T2 relaxation time (T2IE). A cohort of 10 children with nvASD and 10 age-matched typically developing controls was examined across eight major language-related tracts and the corticospinal tract (CST) as a motor reference.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>While DTI and MWI metrics showed no significant inter-group lateralization differences, MWF and T2IE exhibited pronounced lateralization exclusively in the nvASD group. Results also revealed significant microstructural differences in nvASD. MD and RD were the most sensitive DTI parameters, demonstrating widespread increases, whereas FA was less discriminatory. MWF exhibited the largest percentage change relative to controls (25\u201350%), suggesting a marked reduction in myelin content within affected tracts. Concurrently, widespread increases in T2IE indicate a less densely packed extra-axonal space, consistent with altered axonal integrity and reduced cellular surface area per unit volume.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings align with prior evidence linking myelin abnormalities to ASD. Notably, microstructural differences were not restricted to language-related tracts but also extended to the CST, suggesting a more extensive WM disruption in nvASD. The absence of significant correlations between MRI-derived metrics and clinical measures highlights the complexity of the neurobiological alterations in nvASD. As the observed lateralization patterns may reflect, in part, the influence of methodological variability in tract definition, segmentation strategy, and tractography method, these results should be interpreted with caution. 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