Does autism affect gesturing during parent-child interactions in the early school years?

ConclusionsThese findings suggest that differences in children’s gesture use may reflect the child’s own communicative intentions rather than parental input. These finding have important implications in understanding how older children with ASD use gesture in everyday interactive contexts, which can inform intervention or school-based practices to support learning.
Source: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research