Prelinguistic communication complexity predicts expressive language in initial minimally verbal autistic children

• Published in: International journal of language & communication disorders Vol. 59; no. 1; p. 413
• Main Authors: Liu, Min, Brady, Nancy C, Boorom, Olivia, Fleming, Kandace, Yue, Jiaojiao, Liu, Qiaoyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2024
• Subjects: expressive language; prelinguistic communication complexity; autistic children; minimally verbal; multimodal behaviour

Prelinguistic communication complexity refers to the use of different communication forms such as eye gaze, gestures and vocalisations and the degree to which these forms are coordinated and how directed to a communication partner. To date, little is known about the relationship between prelinguisti...