Analysis of speech development in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders

Y.O. Korobina^*, O.A. Ivanova^**

Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008 Russia

E-mail: ^*Korobina322162@mail.ru, ^**iv.olga2578@yandex.ru

Received February 8, 2022

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DOI: 10.26907/2541-7738.2022.1-2.55-67

For citation: Korobina Y.O., Ivanova O.A. Analysis of speech development in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki, 2022, vol. 164, no. 1–2, pp. 55–67. doi: 10.26907/2541-7738.2022.1-2.55-67. (In Russian)

Abstract

The features of mental and speech development of younger schoolchildren with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been widely studied by various sciences and at their interface. However, they are still poorly understood in preschool children having the same diagnosis. Using a psycholinguistic approach, this article reviews and summarizes the findings of both Russian and foreign researchers on speech development in preschool children with ASD symptoms. Their most essential characteristics of speech development were revealed. Conditions that determine their progress in verbal communication and the communicative and pragmatic functions of their speech were identified and analyzed. The level of speech development in preschoolers attending a specialized kindergarten at Kazan Federal University for children with ASD was described.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorders, speech, preschoolers, speech development, psycholinguistic approach, pragmatic function of language

Acknowledgments. This study was supported by the Kazan Federal University Strategic Academic Leadership Program.

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Fig. 1. Levels of speech impairment in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders.

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