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Hope, Communication & ASD By Julie Gordon, LCSW Social Communication is the most known and researched deficit of the spectrum. Persistent impairment in nonverbal communication, social-emotional reciprocity and maintaining relationships must to be present in order meet the criteria to be diagnosed with ASD.
to a text they received, we will stop sharing the story until they are done. If the breakdown keeps happening, we will likely become annoyed and potentially give up.
If you teach eye contact and speech, will an individual with ASD be able to effectively and meaningfully communicate?
We feel this way because 93% of communication is nonverbal and only 7% verbal. Our language is to enhance and clarify the conversation that is happening nonverbally. (It is also why we love emojis – the text is not adequate!)
Nearly every parent attempting to discipline their child has uttered the words, “Look at me when I am talking to you!” Our brains tell us that when someone is not looking at us while we are communicating, they cannot be listening and we are not “on the same page”. For example, when we are telling a story and someone picks up their phone to respond
So to truly communicate with another person, one has to shift their gaze toward their reference point, read and hear the other person’s facial expression, gestures, body position and prosodic changes in voice and then interpret what it all means in relation to what they are saying. You respond back and forth this way, repairing breakdowns and
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