Language Comprehension Difficulties among School going Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore which level of language comprehension difficulties occurs most among the school going children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods: A quantitative type survey methodology was used to conduct this study. Here the investigator used stratified sampling to collect 300 samples from different 3 special schools for children with ASD. The participants were selected those, who appropriately diagnosed by professionals as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with language comprehension difficulties. Token test checklist used for collecting data which was standardized comprehension measurement tool. Data was collected by face to face work with sample. Result: The investigator found that children with ASD (Age 8-16yrs) showed language comprehension difficulties in some subsets of language such as 1 keyword level, 2 keyword levels & 3,4,5,6 keyword levels and they faced less difficulty in 1 key level but in 6 key word levels faced more difficulty. Conclusion: This study reflects a picture about language comprehension difficulties among school going children with ASD. The results suggested that, there were some strength as well as impairment in language compression skills. When language key word level increased children with ASD faced more difficulty. From this study the professionals as well as general people could know about children with ASD. This study will be helpful when professionals work to enhance language compression skills of children with ASD.

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