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Reading comprehension involves complex critical thinking that many children on the spectrum struggle to put into words. Meera Raval Deters, M.A., CCC-SLP, BC...
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Students with autism may read and process language in a fluent way. This is in contrast to children with dyslexia who often struggle to decode written langua...
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She is an Autism Mom, Educator, Advocate and author of Autism Spectrum Disorders from A to Z and Drawing a Blank: Improving Comprehension for Readers on the Autism Spectrum. Emily...
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- Autism Live
- The Development of Language
- The Importance of Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension in low-functioning vs High-Functioning Autism
- Comprehension Strategies For Children with Autism
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Language development occurs early in infancy. Children learn foremost from the people around them and from the environment in which they live. As a child develops, he/she engages in symbolic play; this association between the object and the narratives created for that object helps to develop the child’s understanding of symbolism. Later on, childre...
In school, the development of reading skills usually starts with teaching the child how to decode texts though teaching phonemes, the alphabet, and forming letter combinations. When the child is able to form words, semantic development occurs and, eventually, the child learns to recognize words effortlessly. Comprehension involves the ability to un...
One of the challenges experienced by autistic children is the ability to decode the text, making it difficult to formulate words, and develop semantic association. Some low-functioning autistic individuals have difficulties developing language and acquire few functional words. This in turn leads to difficulties with reading comprehension. Maljaars,...
Interventions to improve reading comprehension of autistic children need to take into account cognitive ability. Here are tips for improving reading comprehension for low-functioning and high-functioning autistic children.
Learning to read encompasses many layers, and the child needs to master each step before reading comprehension can occur. From phonemic awareness, to word recognition, to understanding sentence construction, and associating semantic meaning in order to make inference—each step is structured and builds from the previous stage. That’s why it is impor...
Brown, H.M., Oram-Cardy, J. & Johnson, A. A Meta-Analysis of the Reading Comprehension Skills of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 932–955 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1638-1 Maljaars, J., Noens, I., Scholte, E. et al. (2012). Language in Low-Functioning Children with Autistic Disor...
Reading Comprehension Tools. I wrote a post on functional reading skills that included some IEP goal / objective examples that can be helpful using some of my functional reading products. Because autism affects language, reading comprehension is such a critical area for these students.
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The purpose of this article is to introduce practitioners to a step-by-step guide for teaching reading comprehension, the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder that may impede students from acquiring reading comprehension, and evidenced-based practices that can be used to improve their comprehension abilities.
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Reading comprehension is often a concern for the teachers of students with autism. The comprehension strategies described in this article may help some students gain comprehension skills and improve their ability to read and communicate about written material.
