Communication Improves over Time

Nadia Shanab | Uncategorized
2 Sep 2013

One of the most important traits of autism is the poor or even lack of communication. How does communication capability develop?  In the early childhood years a typical child would integrate the “seen” and “heard” information to develop her speech. Consequently, the child would be able to talk and communicate. It appears that children with autism (ASD) can not always or properly integrate the visual and autitory cues from her environment. Remember that an autistic brain has different structure or wiring. Signals (like pictures, sounds, touch, smells..) perceived from the environment are differently interpreted in the autistic brain. Which explains the communication issues.

Children with autism, like all children of the world, grow and develop. Their body changes and their brain alter.

The great news

In a recent study, researchers found that as high-functioning children with autism reach adolesence, their communication improved considerablely. In the test they performed almost as well as typically developed children. A possible reason could be the physiological changes that happened in their brains. Another reason could be the intervention they have received. A third reason could be the combination of both reasons.

This is not a reason to ignore the speech or communication problem and wait until your child turns a teenager. Early intervention is the most important key to success.

Read the article here.

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