In Experiment 2, children with autism categorised a line drawing with its referent, rather than another picture, regardless of whether it was named. Typically developing children only viewed pictures as symbols when they were labelled. Overall, symbolic understanding of pictures in children with ...
Background: In the absence of spoken language, many low-functioning children with autism (CWA) are taught to communicate using pictorial symbols. Previous studies examining the learning and generalisation of word-picture relations suggest that CWA may have difficulties understanding the symbolic nature ...
She describes her pain isolation growing up "different" and her discovery visual symbols to interpret the "ways of the natives". also gives information from the frontlines of autism, including treatment, medication, and diagnosis, as well as Temple's insight into genius, savants, sensory ...
Through the use of visual systems, a child can be taught to convey discomfort or their need for a break.[8] Create symbols that can help the child convey that they are done with a task. This could be a symbol like a ‘thumbs up’ or a ‘tick mark’. Create symbols that help ...
She describes her pain isolation growing up "different" and her discovery visual symbols to interpret the "ways of the natives". also gives information from the frontlines of autism, including treatment, medication, and diagnosis, as well as Temple's insight into genius, savants, sensory ...
Here we investigate whether typically developing (TD) children aged 2鈥 5 years and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) comprehend pictures differently depending on whether they are intentional symbols. Participants were shown ambiguous line drawings and were informed that they were either ...