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

2. 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

3. 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?

4. 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?