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Communication Impairments and the Autistic Child - When the Words Just Don't Come PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 22 September 2009 07:14
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The autistic child may also have communication impairment. Due in part that their world is so introverted from out own, they may lack the ability to communicate and the ability to understand what you are trying to communicate to them. This is not just in spoken language, they have difficulties in processing body language and emotional facial features of those around them as well.

First manifestation is having a delay, or even total lack of spoken language development or expressive language. In this case, the child doesn't even try to use other means of communication like gestures. For children that have adequate speech, the communication impairment is manifested by not being able to initiate or sustain a conversation with other people. The child can also have stereotyped and repetitive use of language. This phenomenon is actually called idiosyncratic language, where what the child keeps on saying seems to me meaningless or repetitive. He may keep on saying the word "blue" for countless of times, even for the whole duration of the day.

Another form of manifestation can also be the lack the ability to have varied, spontaneous make-believe play or social imitative play that is appropriate for his age and developmental level. Play is one of the notable things that differentiate a child with Autism with normal children. For an Autistic child, play does not exist. The main concern here is that play is an important factor for language development since it is a prerequisite or co-requisite of inner language.

Communication impairments in autism can manifest in either form, whether in the spoken form or in the physical form. They live so much in their little worlds that the world around them often passes them by, without them realizing it or giving it a thought.

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