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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-04-2010 | Original Paper

Person-Centred (Deictic) Expressions and Autism

Auteurs: R. Peter Hobson, Rosa M. García-Pérez, Anthony Lee

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2010

Abstract

We employed semi-structured tests to determine whether children with autism produce and comprehend deictic (person-centred) expressions such as ‘this’/‘that’, ‘here’/‘there’ and ‘come’/‘go’, and whether they understand atypical non-verbal gestural deixis in the form of directed head-nods to indicate location. In Study 1, most participants spontaneously produced deictic terms, often in conjunction with pointing. Yet only among children with autism were there participants who referred to a location that was distal to themselves with the terms ‘this’ or ‘here’, or made atypical points with unusual precision, often lining-up with an eye. In Study 2, participants with autism were less accurate in responding to instructions involving contrastive deictic terms, and fewer responded accurately to indicative head nods.

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Titel: Person-Centred (Deictic) Expressions and Autism
Auteurs: R. Peter Hobson
Rosa M. García-Pérez
Anthony Lee
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2010
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0882-5

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