Many autistic children develop language skills at a different rate and in a different order from typically developing children. This means they might not understand what you say to them or might have difficulty following instructions. Some autistic children can find it difficult to use spoken language to ask for things or tell other people what […]

Autistic children might develop skills at different rates from typically developing children. They might also develop skills in a different order from other children. For example, autistic children might start to use a few single words around 12 months of age and then develop language differently from typically developing children as they get older. Or […]

Based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.), an autistic child experiences limitations in the areas of social communication and interaction in addition to restrictive, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities. These deficits may affect their active participation in academic settings, undermining their overall academic outcomes. Autistic children have three […]