Developing Internal Speech Might Help The Thinking Process
Nadia Shanab | Uncategorized8 Mar 2013
“If individuals with ASD find communicating with others a challenge, it makes sense that they may also find it more difficult to communiate with themselves.” Durham University, Bristol University, and City University in the U.K.
A research was done to solve a puzzle. When neurotypical individuals were interrupted by repeating a word, 90% worked much slower. On the other hand only one third of individuals with ASD were negatively affected.
What does that mean?
Individuals with ASD don’t, most probably, use their inner voice (communication) as much as the neurotypical ones do. If they miss out internal communication opportunities due to developmental reasons, they would not be able to think through things in their head.
How is this research helpful?
Tip:
Help the child with ASD describe his action as she/he does it, or say or describe it out loud to her/him. This will help developing the internal speech, and consequently it might help her/him verbalize her/his thoughts.
To learn more about this research read here: www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=13745
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Tags: autism, communication, consequences, health, independence, research, speech
