Joint attention problems in autism Aylin Küntay Meeting 7 Language and Communicative Disorders

Joint attention episodes absent; impaired pragmatics Autism Joint attention episodes absent; impaired pragmatics No declarative speech acts ToM difficulties OK lexical learning in high-functioning

Baldwin & Baron-Cohen Importance of interpersonal understanding in word learning 18 month olds: can resolve discrepant labeling What is disrepant labeling Not earlier; not later What is missing in autistic children? What aspect of language development is affected?

Bono et al. What kind of intervention benefits? Who benefits the most? Given similar levels on interaction The ones who had a higher response to joint attention gained more language skills Initial language level also mattered What leads initial language measures to be high?