《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2008, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (03): 296-297.

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Approaches of Speech Rehabilitation in Children with Autism

ZHANG Rong-hua, CHEN Jing-hu   

  1. GuangzhouAmgle's Home for Promoting Children Potentialty, Guangzhou 510375, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2007-08-21 Published:2008-03-01 Online:2008-03-01

Abstract: One of the hallmark features of children with autism is language barrier,which mainly manifested with lack of visual contact and attention,imitation speech,broad pronunciation problems,poor understanding abilities to speech and abstract questions,deficiency of logicality,spoken language disorder,confusion about the usage of pronouns such as you,I and she or he,etc.According to the basic principles of language training,visual perception tracing,vision contact,cultivation of communication desire,auditory and understanding training can all be used to make children with autism to understand the relationship between pronunciation and words,try to pronounce syllables,make good preparation for valid pronunciation in the early stage of language training.Respiration training,point massage of oral surface and valid usage of pronunciation organs' practice can help them to say phrase and simple sentences gradually.They can say a sentence correctly and achieve the destination of grasping language through learning decorative words and enhancement of understanding and logic abilities.Very efficient result could be approached through correct evaluation,found existing problems and using correct training methods during language training of children with autism.

Key words: autism, language disorder, speech rehabilitation