Autisma And Communication Flashcards
Autism
Persistent difficulties with social communication and social interaction
Restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviours activities, or interests present in early childhood
It includes :
-deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
-deficits in non verbal communicative behaviours used for social interaction
-deficits in developing maintaining and understanding relationships
Define Autism spectrum disorder
Persistent difficulties with social communication and social interaction
And
Restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviours, activities or interests
What deficits does autism includes
Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
Deficits in non verbal communicative behaviours used for social interaction
Deficits in developing maintaining and understanding releationships
Verbal communication difficulties in practice
Take spoken language literally
Difficulties linking language with context
Non verbal communication difficulties in practice
Difficulty reading Non verbal cues - body language facial expressions
Lack of body language / facial expressions
Eye contact
Struggle to make and maintain friendships
Become withdrawn and seem uninteresred
Consequences on communication for autistic people
Communication can provoke anxiety and stress
Communication can lead to sensory overload
Communication can be isolating
Communication issues can lead to depression and Cana facet self esteem
Autistic people are…
Problem solvers
And have the Development of strategies such as imitation and avoidance
Autistic communication is
-truthful
-honest
-straightforward
-direct
Neurotypicals make communication harder
Social rules are unwritten and unstated and are also constantly changing and affect speech gestures posture movement and proximity to others and many aspects of behaviour
Real strategies for autism
Reliable
Empathetic
Anticipatory
Logical
Be reliable:
Say what you mean
Do what you say you will
Trust is key to any relationship
Be empathetic
Think carefully about the person you are communicating with and avoid ambiguity by being clear and direct
Avoid open ended as
Remember non verbal communication is difficult for many autistic people so don’t expect them to rely on it in the same way
Be anticipatory :
Don’t communicate in an overstimulating context
Be explicit
Be proactive in phrasing questions to maximise info exchanged
Give time for processing
Be prepared to repeat or rephrase
Avoid rhetorical questions
Be logical :
What you say and what you do should be consistent
Make sense
Avoid using irony or sarcasm
What is ‘the double empathy problem’
People with different experiences interact with each other
Non autistic people struggle to read emotions of autistic people due to their lack of facial expressions and difficulty with non verbal communication cues
They then form negative assumptions and impressions on autistic people
