Close Topic Options Creativity, intermedial languages as bridge to communicate with autistic children
This pioneering research using drama with autistic children started with an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Imagining Autism: Drama, Performance and Intermediality as Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Conditions' (2011-2014) working in special schools and has now extended to working with families Ref. Source 4d.
Adults with autism overcome childhood language challenges
Results of a small study of adults with autism has added to evidence that their brains can learn to compensate for some language comprehension challenges that are a hallmark of the disorder in children. Ref. Source 2j.
Being bilingual may help autistic children. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often have a hard time switching gears from one task to another. But being bilingual may actually make it a bit easier for them to do so, according to a new study. Source 9a.
TOPIC: Autism & Communication