Characteristics of proactiveness in the usages of utterances of autistic children from 4 to 5 years old

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is becoming a special concern for the modern society due to recent increase in the number and impacts of this syndrome. Therefore, studies onchildren with ASD in general and the language of children with ASD in particular is necessary. In this paper, we survey the number of utterances of 5 autistic children aged from 4 to 5.. Data are analyzed in terms of the degrees of proactiveness, including mummering, echolalia/imitating, reminding and proactive utterances. In addition, we also assess the development progress of types of utterances of autistic children according to their degrees of proactiveness to clarify the language competency and the characteristics of the language of autistic children in this period. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is becoming a special concern for the modern society due to recent increase in the number and impacts of this syndrome. Therefore, studies onchildren with ASD in general and the language of children with ASD in particular is necessary. In this paper, we survey the number of utterances of 5 autistic children aged from 4 to 5.. Data are analyzed in terms of the degrees of proactiveness, including mummering, echolalia/imitating, reminding and proactive utterances. In addition, we also assess the development progress of types of utterances of autistic children according to their degrees of proactiveness to clarify the language competency and the characteristics of the language of autistic children in this period.