The Development of Pragmatic Communicative Skills in Speakers Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Case Study :Algerian Autistic Children.

Abstract

Autism is a complex set of disorders in the brain. It is characterized by difficulties that face the autistic person to interact with the community. The main objective of this thesis is to study the development of the pragmatic communicative skills of autistic children in Algeria with regard to age, gender and mean length of utterance (MLU) in addition to attending school. For this purpose, A longitudinal case study was conducted. Data collected from a set of tools were analyzed statistically. The results showed a disorder in the development of communication skills in children with autism. In addition to a strong relationship between the development of communicative skills and development of (MLU) as well as attending schools. In the latter, SGD has proven successful in the development of pragmatic skills and grammatical abilities in autistic children who are unable to attend school or care centers.