Social Communication
Children with ASD often have language development delay where they tend to have later speech or none, as compared to a typical child. They would have the usual language development milestones hit at between 6 months to 3 years old, but would after that regress to limited verbal abilities.
As compared to typical children around 2 years old, the child with ASD will have limited words or none at all, or have very complex words on what he or she is interested in. This will affect the child in school as what they learn in school are taught mainly through language. Children with ASD learn better through visual than with words.
Children with ASD tend to have echolalia as well. They repeat what the other person has said to
them,
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This will also lead to frustration for the child and the listener.
2. Social Interaction
Children with ASD struggle to understand and interpret meaning in body language, gestures and facial expressions. In addition, they tend to have lack of eye contact or unusual eye contact. With lack of understanding of social cues, the child will not be able to understand how others feel, missed out non-verbal information due to no eye contact, and not able to share information at the appropriate level. They will also have difficulty in expressing themselves and letting others to understand them. This will be frustrating for the child with ASD and may lead to challenging and disruptive behaviours.
Children with ASD wants to have friends and fit in with their peers, but are unable to, as they have difficulty initiating conversations. They may be seen as shy or even aloof. They have difficulty understanding turn-taking and listening in a conversation. With these difficulties, it hinders their learning in school where discussions, role-play are done in a group. If they are not comfortable, they will just disengage and not participate in the