Describe the features that commonly characterize the speech of children with ASD who have developed some useful language
What will be an ideal response?
Although almost all children with ASD show delays in their language development, it is their lack of spontaneity and their use of qualitatively unusual forms of communication that is most striking (Chiang & Carter, 2008). The rhythm and intonation of their speech is often unusual (Peppe et al., 2007), but most noticeable is their lack of social chatter—their failure to use language for social communication.
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a. military psychiatrists refused to allow psychologists to help in their treatment. b. the military asked psychologists to develop screening tests, which came to be called Army Alpha and Army Beta. c. psychologists successfully lobbied to add posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the DSM. d. none of the above