Autistic Kids Have Difficulties Learning Words

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"One of the puzzles of autism is the variability of children with it," said Kuhl, a professor of speech and hearing sciences. "We believe the highest functioning autistic children have some recognition of phonemes (the basic sounds of language). And this new study shows autistic toddlers can differentiate between backward words, which are not characteristic of a language, and real words. So, some learning has gone on."

This study is part of research to understand why language disorders are a characteristic of autism.

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The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about autism.

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