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This 6-page paper discusses causes of language impairment in autism and how educators might deal with them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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communication problems, but there are a fair number II. Causes stem from potential brain disorders a) Abnormal auditory cortical processing b) Left hemisphere dominance III. Helping Autistic Children Speak a)
Adult scaffolding b) Narrative Introduction Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorders or ASD, is a developmental disorder diagnosed on deficits in
the areas of communication, social interaction and repetitive/stereotypical behaviors and activities (Rice et al, 2004). Autistic children tend to be antisocial, and with good reasons. For one thing, it can
be confusing for them to be in groups of non-austistic children because of the noise and activity. For another thing, on the emotional level, kids tend to be hurtful when
someone isnt "normal." Even very young children pick up on when they might be outsiders or "different" from their peers. The "autism spectrum"
is vast and it contains a number of subgroups of individuals who might have basic characteristics of autism, while differing in other ways (Rice et al, 2004). The subgroups
include (but arent limited to) Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder, autism with severe mental retardation and autism with fragile X syndrome (Rice et al, 2004).
Much like autism itself, there are a wide variety of communication skills among children with autism. Some are able to carry on straightforward conversations while others use
non-verbal cues - and everything in between. Though some studies state that up to 50% of children with autism are nonverbal, a lower percentage is likely (Rice et al, 2004).
Non-verbal is defined as a daily use of five words or less (Rice et al, 2004). Regardless of what percentage of children with autism are verbal versus non-verbal, its been
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