Most autistic children have language development issues.
According to the book, Autistic Children: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Lorna Wing, autistic children tend to repeat phrases they hear from other people, with the correct pronunciation, accent and tone that was used by the original speaker. When he tries to say things which he has thought out for himself, his pronunciation may be very poor indeed.
Autistic children have trouble with the same sound that bothers young normal children, such as “s”, “th”, “sh”. Autistic children often miss off the end of words or used fragment of words example, “li” for “lid” and “bicle” for “bicycle”.
Autistic children may scramble the order of letters inside words, for example, “accit” for “attic”, “diccifult” for “difficult” and “pasgheti” for “spaghetti”. The order of words in sentences maybe reversed, such as “put bed on blanket” and “have strawberry shake milk”.
Some of the children I'm working with are non verbal but most of the time I can actually see them trying very hard to talk. When they couldn't express themselves, they will get very frustrated and start throwing tantrum. Therefore, we will need to be very patient to engage and discover what the kid is trying to tell us.
For those who are verbal, they talked non stop. They can actually repetitive say something they learn from the TV show over and over again. Recently, a mother of a 6 yr old autistic kid told me that her son can actually repeat the whole paragraph of the story that she just read to him! I can only say that autistic kids have power memory. But she also told me that it can be quite irritating if he keep saying it even up to the moment she tucked him into bed.
Don't be afraid if you see an autistic child talking to mid air. It is perfectly normal. I see it all the time. It is just one of their characteristics! =)
According to the book, Autistic Children: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Lorna Wing, autistic children tend to repeat phrases they hear from other people, with the correct pronunciation, accent and tone that was used by the original speaker. When he tries to say things which he has thought out for himself, his pronunciation may be very poor indeed.
Autistic children have trouble with the same sound that bothers young normal children, such as “s”, “th”, “sh”. Autistic children often miss off the end of words or used fragment of words example, “li” for “lid” and “bicle” for “bicycle”.
Autistic children may scramble the order of letters inside words, for example, “accit” for “attic”, “diccifult” for “difficult” and “pasgheti” for “spaghetti”. The order of words in sentences maybe reversed, such as “put bed on blanket” and “have strawberry shake milk”.
Some of the children I'm working with are non verbal but most of the time I can actually see them trying very hard to talk. When they couldn't express themselves, they will get very frustrated and start throwing tantrum. Therefore, we will need to be very patient to engage and discover what the kid is trying to tell us.
For those who are verbal, they talked non stop. They can actually repetitive say something they learn from the TV show over and over again. Recently, a mother of a 6 yr old autistic kid told me that her son can actually repeat the whole paragraph of the story that she just read to him! I can only say that autistic kids have power memory. But she also told me that it can be quite irritating if he keep saying it even up to the moment she tucked him into bed.
Don't be afraid if you see an autistic child talking to mid air. It is perfectly normal. I see it all the time. It is just one of their characteristics! =)
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