Characteristics of language disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder and rehabilitation intervention mode to improve their language ability

LI Lifang; LI Jing; ZHANG Changjie

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0274

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1) : 97-102. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0274

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Characteristics of language disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder and rehabilitation intervention mode to improve their language ability

LI Lifang^1,2, LI Jing^1,2, ZHANG Changjie³

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Lack of social communication is one of the main manifestations of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A significant part of the reason for the lack of social communication skills in children with ASD is due to their language disorders. This paper reviews and analyzes the characteristics of language disorders in children with ASD from the perspectives of pre-linguistic skills, phonology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics. By organizing and analyzing relevant literature, this paper summarizes rehabilitation intervention models that can enhance language and social communication abilities in children with ASD. The review of the literature concludes that in the process of rehabilitation intervention for children with ASD, adopting intervention models that improve pre-linguistic skills, phonology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics can effectively enhance the language abilities of children with ASD. This paper reviews literature and concludes that the rehabilitation intervention mode can improve the language ability of children with ASD by improving the pre-language ability, phonology, semantic, syntax and morphology, and pragmatics abilities.

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autism spectrum disorder / language disorder / language ability / rehabilitation intervention

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LI Lifang, LI Jing, ZHANG Changjie. Characteristics of language disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder and rehabilitation intervention mode to improve their language ability[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2025, 33(1): 97-102 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0274

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