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Understanding Contingent Discourse in Autism: Insights from Research

Explore the development of discourse abilities in autistic children, focusing on pragmatic language dysfunction. Discover the challenges in pragmatic functioning, including Theory of Mind deficits, and how they affect social language use. Learn about the distinct communication skills and rules for conversations highlighted by the research involving children with autism and Down syndrome.

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Understanding Contingent Discourse in Autism: Insights from Research

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  1. The Development of Contingent Discourse Ability Autistic Childrenby Helen Tager-Flusberg and Marcia Anderson

  2. Research Summary • Primary area of language dysfunction- Pragmatic or functional uses in a social context. • Research carried out to identify more precisely the particular aspects of pragmatic functioning that are impaired in autism • Confirmed the Down syndrome children were more contingent in their speech than children with autism • Advances in structural aspects of language are not paralleled by advances in discourse abilities for children with autism

  3. Social Language Use- Pragmatics • Three major communication skills: • Using language for different purposes, such as • greeting (e.g.,  hello, goodbye) • informing (e.g., I'm going to get a cookie) • demanding (e.g., Give me a cookie) • promising (e.g., I'm going to get you a cookie) • requesting (e.g., I would like a cookie, please) • Changing language according to the needs of a listener or situation, such as • talking differently to a baby than to an adult • giving background information to an unfamiliar listener • speaking differently in a classroom than on a playground • Following rules for conversations and storytelling, such as • taking turns in conversation • introducing topics of conversation • staying on topic • rephrasing when misunderstood • how to use verbal and noverbal signals • how close to stand to someone when speaking • how to use facial expressions and eye contact

  4. Theory of Mind and Contingent Discourse • Impairment in acquiring a ToM link the social, cognitive and language deficits • Children with autism wouldn’t be able to appreciate that different people have different information or knowledge- the main difference between children with down syndrome and autism during the research • Show impairments in acquiring the conceptual understanding of mental states in themselves and other people

  5. Sources • http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/Pragmatics.htm

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