Communication can be defined as exchanging information by speaking, writing or some other means. It’s how we give and receive messages. But it is so much more than that.
communicationDown syndromelanguageliteracymultiple disabilitiesChildren with complex communication needs (CCN) resulting from autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and other disabilities are severely restricted in their participation in educational, vocational, family, and community environments....
A communication-based intervention for nonverbal children with autism: what changes? Who benefits? OBJECTIVE: This article examines the form and function of spontaneous communication and outcome predictors in nonverbal children with autism following clas... K Gordon,G Pasco,F Mcelduff,... - 《J...
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Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience characteristic difficulties regarding social interaction and communication, rigidity of thinking and sensory sensitivities. These difficulties, coupled with the heightened anxiety that many on the spectrum experience, place them at particular risk of ...
Supporting Parents to Facilitate Communication and Joint Attention in Their Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Two Pilot Studies 2011. Supporting parents to facilitate communication and joint attention in their young children with autism spectrum disorders: two pilot studies. Topics in ... ...
Promoting social communication in high functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 12, 87–106. Article PubMed Google Scholar Pearson V., Ip F., Hui H., Yip N., Ho K. K., & Lo, E. (2003). To tell or not to ...
A hidden condition, autism affects the way a person processes, interacts and perceives the world, but owing to a lack of physically seen traits, it often goes unnoticed as autism and therefore undiagnosed until much later in life. The condition’s traits can include the way someone communicates...
8.Communication Style/Speech– This will vary for individuals – eye contact may be difficult, processing time slower (this has nothing to do with intelligence), may interrupt, differences with voice prosody (inflection/tone), and there may be pronoun confusion or verb tense errors. A person ma...
Use of visual schedules has been shown to reduce the symptoms associated with these disabilities, in particular for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). By further expanding these capabilities using interactive and intelligent systems, computing based visual scheduling systems can more fully ...