The Intersection of Language Impairment and Rehabilitative Language Immersion in Autism: A Comprehensive Analysis

Abstract

This paper discusses the literature on language acquisition in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), highlighting rapid changes in the field. Researchers in psycholinguistics are exploring language acquisition theories due to ASD’s significant differences across language, social, and cognitive domains. The study highlights areas where knowledge is lacking and explores potential future directions. While pragmatic deficits are commonly associated with ASD, clinicians and researchers should consider phonological, morph syntactic differences and rehabilitation to change the condition of phonological errors, which impact language comprehension and production.

Keywords

• autism spectrum disorder
• behaviours
• language acquisition
• language impairment
• social cognition