Language acquisition in normal children is due to their innate desire to communicate. Therefore, if this tendency does not exist in a child, it will be a factor for delaying the development of speech and language in him. This is also true for most autistic children, which is why a speech and language pathologist is usually the first to see a specialist. Some parents of these children may say that their child has reached the stage of language development by the age of one, but has suddenly lost it. Also, some of these children may have some speech, but the patterns of this speech are different from what is seen in children with language problems.
Severe deficiency in the ability to participate in social interactions
Disorders in the social relationships of autistic children - as seen in the rest of the symptoms of this disorder - are not comparable to most types of mental retardation. The main feature of this anomaly is the lack of indicators in the ability to confront in social interactions, which results in the autistic person in excessive self-deprecation and inability to gain independence from others. According to researchers, the basis of a disability in autism is due to insufficient progress in the ability to "mentalize", so such a person can not understand the thoughts and feelings of others. This underdeveloped ability leads to severe damage in the exchange of emotions and interactions with others.
Causes of mental retardation can be attributed to a lack of ability to "divide attention" and a lack of skills that attract the attention of others (such as pointing). Some autistic children experience isolation during the first three years of life and a small number even longer, according to Connor (1943). These people suffer from an "autistic base isolation." Some of these children stay in bed or in their room for a long time without making any noise. Some people are incredibly screaming and sleep very often. Children with autism who do not have the ability to follow the gaze of others and avoid eye contact, or who have abnormal eye contact. Often, these cases occur before the age of one. Some parents say, "He is very happy when we leave the child alone, but he screams if someone wants to hug him." Others confirm that "their children are very resistant to hugging." Some experts believe that these children treat humans, animals, and soft or hard objects in the same way and usually do not seek help from anyone to do their work or get rid of the problem.
Severe deficiency in the ability to communicate:
An autistic child usually has major problems understanding the signs, symptoms, and speech of others. For this reason, he uses little communication skills in social interactions. It also mimics or does not mimic social movements such as bypassing (shaking hands) at all. Some of these children have no guts, and others produce strange, monotonous sounds instead of natural speech patterns.
Abnormal rules often indicate abnormal language development in autistic children. In fact, the delay in expressive language occurs simultaneously with the lack of comprehension, and low comprehension in these children leads to the phenomenon of "superficial perception". Here is an example of a superficial impression that happened to an autistic ten-year-old girl. The girl was frightened and confused when she saw a nurse during a blood test. "Give me your hand, it will not hurt," the nurse told the child. But the girl did not understand until someone who knew the child said, "Put your hand on the table like this." At that moment, the girl realized what she had to do. Such perceptual problems are also seen in high-functioning autistic people. Another characteristic of these people is asking frequent questions that they themselves know the answer to. The reason for this feature may be that because the cause of autism is a mental defect, these people can not know whether the answer they receive is correct or not. Some autistic children have a good memory retention and retrieval of information without understanding it, and can even repeat a long conversation word for word. Even autistic people who do not speak may be able to imitate the tone of a poem.
We must remember, however, that spoken language comprehension is seriously low in autism. High-level autistics may understand many simple words, such as abstract words and verbs (even attributes that are visual or auditory). However, there are many problems in understanding words that are sequentially related to each other (such as plural and plural) as well as metaphors and allusions, in other words, the application of their perceptual skills is very limited. Another ability of other high-performing autistic people is that they have a very good memory. For example, if they are told to read a text and then the same text is read by someone else, they begin to adapt to it.
In this article, we have dealt with only a part of the communication and language problems of these children. As you have read, in addition to disabilities, these children also have abilities. There is a great deal of information in this area that can be found in scientific books and journals. The more information we have, the easier it will be for us to understand and accept these children. Although the absence of disorders and diseases in this world is an undeniable event, but we can hope for the day when all the children of our land from all walks of life and idol disorders
