Gestures are an important social communication skill that infants and toddlers use to convey
their thoughts, ideas, and intentions. Research suggests that early gesture use has …

Purpose: to map and synthesize scientific evidence on language functioning in children and
adolescents with autism spectrum disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder. Methods: this scoping …

Background The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is around 1%. Yet the
current diagnosis of ASD mainly depends on clinicians' experience and caregivers' report …

Altered motor and social-communicative abilities in infancy have been linked to later ASD
diagnosis. Most diagnostic instruments for ASD cannot be utilized until 12 months, and the …

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of emerging animated video modelling (VM)
and the most widely used adult VM in teaching social-communication skills to 3-year-olds …

This study profiled various levels of engagement and related communication behaviours
among 50 Asian Indian Tamil autistic children (AUT) and their mothers. The interaction was …

Objetivo: mapear e sintetizar evidências científicas sobre a funcionalidade da linguagem em
crianças e adolescentes com Transtorno do Espectro do Autismo. Métodos: trata-se de …

Background: Deictic gestures are the first intentional form of communication that predict the
emergence of first words. Deictic gestures include reaching, pointing, giving, and showing …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disability associated with
difficulties in social communication and interaction and patterns of repetitive and restricted …

This book presents a comparative review of the latest studies and data on prelinguistic
communication and early semantic development in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …