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Particularități ale limbajului și comunicării în TSA
Particularities of language and communication in ASD

Author(s): Ioana Dârjan, Loredana Al Ghazi, Mihai Predescu
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Cognitive Psychology, Behaviorism
Published by: Asociația Specialiștilor în Terapia Tulburărilor de Limbaj din România
Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; language and communication disorders in ASD; alternative and augmentative communication strategies; visual clues; echolalia;

Summary/Abstract: Autism spectrum disorders (AST) are a complex and puzzling cluster of disorders in which social isolation, communication difficulties, and the presence of peculiar and/or repetitive behaviors, in various degrees, are the main characteristics. These characteristics are interlinked and share similar brain and cognitive functioning specificity. This paper focuses on communication and language disorders, their particularities in persons with AST, and their impact on differential diagnostic and specific interventions. Efficient therapeutic strategies and techniques for persons with ASD should address these strong correlations and overlaps between the specific social behavior development and the particularities of using language and communication in an ecological paradigm.

  • Issue Year: IX/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 14-25
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian