Current Studies Conducted In Turkey towards Improving the Social Abilities In Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are observed that they display social-interaction problems, language and communication issues and limited/stereotypical interests and behaviors. Being lack of social abilities may make lives of individuals diagnosed with ASD harder. For that reason, researches and practices in the field of ASD has a great importance. This review paper contains published master’s and doctorate thesis conducted between 2014-2015 in Turkey towards improving social abilities in individuals with ASD, in national thesis research center, and the studies that were reached in Google Academics Search Engine and EBSCO-host database by using the key words “autism”, “autism and social ability”.

Keywords

• autism spectrum disorder
• social ability