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View article: A Case Study of a Deaf Autistic Adolescent’s Affective and Linguistic Expressions
A Case Study of a Deaf Autistic Adolescent’s Affective and Linguistic Expressions Open
Facial expressions and body language play crucial roles in communication by conveying emotional and contextual information. In signed languages, facial expressions also serve linguistic functions. While previous research on autistic indivi…
View article: Editorial: Modality and language acquisition: how does the channel through which language is expressed affect how children and adults are able to learn?
Editorial: Modality and language acquisition: how does the channel through which language is expressed affect how children and adults are able to learn? Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Psychol., 04 December 2023Sec. Psychology of Language Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1334171
View article: Are palm reversals the pronoun reversals of sign language? Evidence from a fingerspelling task
Are palm reversals the pronoun reversals of sign language? Evidence from a fingerspelling task Open
Acquisition of pronominal forms by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continues to garner significant attention due to the unusual ways that such children produce and comprehend them. In particular, pronoun reversal errors (e.g.,…
View article: Concurrent Predictors of Supplementary Sign Use in School-Aged Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Concurrent Predictors of Supplementary Sign Use in School-Aged Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech Open
Purpose: Manual sign is a common alternative mode of communication taught to children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Gesture use is positively related to later increases in vocabulary and syntactic complexity in typical developmen…
View article: Conversational correlates of rapid social judgments of children and adolescents with and without ASD
Conversational correlates of rapid social judgments of children and adolescents with and without ASD Open
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in social communication, and even children with ASD with preserved language are often perceived as socially awkward. We ask if linguistic patterns are associated with social perce…
View article: The Source of Palm Orientation Errors in the Signing of Children with ASD: Imitative, Motoric, or Both?
The Source of Palm Orientation Errors in the Signing of Children with ASD: Imitative, Motoric, or Both? Open
Palm orientation reversal errors (e.g., producing the ‘bye-bye’ gesture with palm facing inward rather than outward as is customary in American culture) have been documented in the signing of deaf and hearing children with autism spectrum …
View article: Sign language development in deaf children with additional needs
Sign language development in deaf children with additional needs Open
This chapter focuses on atypical patterns of sign language development in deaf children. The issue is complicated by the need to differentiate between delays that are due to limited exposure to language, and delays due to health, education…
View article: Learning an Embodied Visual Language: Four Imitation Strategies Available to Sign Learners
Learning an Embodied Visual Language: Four Imitation Strategies Available to Sign Learners Open
The parts of the body that are used to produce and perceive signed languages (the hands, face, and visual system) differ from those used to produce and perceive spoken languages (the vocal tract and auditory system). In this paper we addre…
View article: Sign Language Echolalia in Deaf Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sign Language Echolalia in Deaf Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Open
Purpose We present the first study of echolalia in deaf, signing children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We investigate the nature and prevalence of sign echolalia in native-signing children with ASD, the relationship between sign ec…
View article: Impaired praxis in gesture imitation by deaf children with autism spectrum disorder
Impaired praxis in gesture imitation by deaf children with autism spectrum disorder Open
Background and aims Praxis, the ability to plan and execute a series of gestures or motor sequences, is impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. In this paper, we present the first study of praxis during a gesture imitation t…