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Pragmatic Skills in Gujarati Speaking Autistic Children

Shiv Shankar Kumar and
Dr R Saranya, Ph.D.

Introduction

Language development arises from the necessity to communicate with other people. Language is generally the child`s first socialization experience, enabled by the parents during every-day activities. A pragmatic disorder may be observed when a child`s language is not adequate and affects social adaptation. Pragmatic skills disorder may result in different communication indicators. In children with autism, inadequate communication goes beyond social communication and marks the capabilities to maintain relations and to show interest in various topics. A child should be evaluated to see whether they have a developmental language disorder if they exhibit significant difficulties with spoken receptive and expressive language but no intellectual deficiency.

Speech and language disorders that cause issues with communication and related domains might be classified as communication disorders. From basic sound replacement to the incapacity to comprehend or utilize one's innate language, the delays might take many forms. The consistent deficit in interaction in social communication, including social mutuality and verbal communication behavior used in social interactions, tends toward inabilities to develop and maintain social relations.

A key example of a childhood communication disorder is autism in children. The term autism typically raises up images of children who engage in a wide range of abnormal and socially unacceptable behavior, or children whose language is severely inadequate (Hulit and Howard, 2006). According to DSM-5, an autism diagnosis requires the demonstration of restricted and repetitive behavioral patterns. Verbal and non-verbal social communication features vary depending on age, cognitive and linguistic developmental level. Several symptoms can be noticed, from total absence of speech, to a mild language delay; as well as deficits in receptive language and echolalia. Even when formal language abilities are intact, the use of language in social mutual communication is often inadequate in children with autism.

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Shiv Shankar Kumar
Ph.D. Scholar
Annamalai University,
Annamalai Nagar – 608002, Tamil Nadu
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Dr R Saranya, Ph.D.
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