Distinctive Language Profiles of Autism in Hispanic Children

Nicolas Linares-Orama; Ginivianelis Solis

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Distinctive Language Profiles of Autism in Hispanic Children

Nicolas Linares-Orama, Ginivianelis Solis

Published in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 4)

Received: 24 June 2022 Accepted: 12 July 2022 Published: 26 July 2022

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Abstract

Hispanic children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are under-served, partly due to the lack of scientific data on their characteristics. Their biological traits are very varied, and include cerebral, immunological, gastrointestinal and dental components. On the other hand, their behavior characteristics include cognitive, speech-language, communicative, sensory and motor disorders. Empirical decisional diagnostic information on all these dimensions is needed to improve the services they receive through personalization and team-work. This investigation aimed at obtaining knowledge about one of their most incapacitating traits that pertain to speech-language and functional pragmatic language skills that can be useful in differentiating various severity levels in this condition. The study included a detailed analysis of the functional speech-language and pragmatics skills in children who had been diagnosed with an ASD in the FILIUS Center. It included interpersonal approaches, and social regard when speaking with a Spanish-speaking clinician. We found that children with low functioning ASD showed a higher severity in person imitation, conjoined object use, non-verbal communication, oriented behavior, curiosity and social relation development than those with high functioning ASD. On the other hand, the information reflected that children with high functioning ASD were inferior in person consideration, auditory behaviors, change adaptation, imagination, social collaboration and social relations, than their typical peers.

Published in	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.pbs.20221104.13
Page(s)	132-135
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD Hispanic, Language, Pragmatics

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Nicolas Linares-Orama

The FILIUS Center, School of Health Professions, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ginivianelis Solis

The FILIUS Center, School of Health Professions, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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