ABSTRACT
Autism is a controversy disease, it is difficult to diagnose and treat. In children with Autism, the acquisition of language has been found to be a predictor of long-term outcome. Delineation of factors that are associated with the development of language may have practical as well as conceptual implications. This study was conducted on twenty children who received language intervention sessions in phoniatric unit at Ain Shams University Hospitals. The aim was to investigate the factors affecting the language improvement in those children. The results showed significant correlation between language improvement and mental age, social age, the child's attention, the severity of autism and the age of starting therapy. The presence of echolalia, mother's education level and working of the mother showed non- significant correlation
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Humans , Male , Female , Aged , Child , Speech , Biological Factors/physiology , Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders , Hospitals, University , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The assessment of young children with autism is a challenging practice. The behavioural aspects that characterize these children represent a major obstacle when particularly assessing the cognitive and language abilities of these children. In this study the mental and language ages were measured in 30 children with autistic disorder in relation to the outcome scores obtained from testing the severity of their autism using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale [CARS]. The correlations between such abilities and CARS ratings are investigated and discussed, highlighting the link between such deficits in autistic children. The therapeutic implications are also discussed