Progressivity and non-compliance in the interactions between children with autism and their parents.

• Main Author: Chen, Rachel Siew Yoong.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Discourse analysis; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Communicative disorders
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51257
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Autism has been the subject of many studies, but there is still much uncertainty about the communicative abilities of individuals with autism. Many studies question their very possession of “communicative intent”. Following Sterponi (2010), this paper examines the spontaneous everyday interactions b...