{"id":4105,"date":"2011-12-22T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:27:32","slug":"language-in-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/language-in-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Characteristics of Language in Autism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1222abstractlang.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4106\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 5px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1222abstractlang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1222abstractlang.jpg 285w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1222abstractlang-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a>People on the spectrum often have trouble processing abstract language. Most students with autism best understand very specific, concrete use of language. For teachers who are used to alluding to general and abstract ideas, shifting to concrete language often takes some practice.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, abstractions such as metaphors, similes, emotional expressions, idioms, jokes, slang, and irony are not easily processed by students on the autism spectrum. They would have a lot of difficulty in understanding a picture like the one shown here.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, teachers should use concrete language including clear, objective words and ideas. Most people on the spectrum feel safer with rules and black and white distinctions. Words said in jest and sarcasm are confusing.<\/p>\n<p>Language in autism is simplified and learning to speak in this fashion necessitates describing the specifics.<\/p>\n<p>For example, when showing a picture of your family say, \u201cThis is a picture of my family.\u201d Not, \u201cThis is my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When assigning homework, say, \u201cThis is your homework assignment.\u201d Not, \u201cThis is your homework.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of saying, &#8220;While you are finishing up, remember that you have to have your ideas ready for me about the report you will be writing,&#8221; try a clearer approach such as, &#8220;First finish your project, then tell me your report subject.&#8221; The &#8216;first this and then that&#8217; format is the most direct and successful language in autism.<\/p>\n<p>How do you tackle language barriers with the students who have autism in your classroom?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Professional Learning Board\u2019s online continuing education course for teachers:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/introduction-to-autism-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction to Autism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  People on the spectrum often have trouble processing abstract language. Most students with autism best understand very specific, concrete use of language. For teachers who are used to alluding to general and abstract ideas, shifting to concrete language often takes some practice.<br \/>\nFurthermore, abstractions such as metaphors, similes, emotional expressions, idioms, jokes, slang, and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[232,418,55,175,419,226,114],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24765,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions\/24765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}