Developing language and communication skills with Asperger's

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02/24/23 • 21 min

A Journey of Language, Growth, and Autism Perspectives: Stephen’s Evolution

Are you a parent or teacher of any children with Asperger's or an autism spectrum disorder, and think there may be differences in the way they take in and process language?
You can listen to my experiences growing up and try and use them for inspiring and thinking up ideas of your own to better support them.
And just for your information, I've never worked in a teaching or medical capacity.
Points covered include:

Using a child's interests and favourite things to get them into reading.
Certain teaching styles.
Getting a child to write or speak about their hobbies and interests, or experiences of everyday life.
Improving listening skills and cooperation.

Send me your comments and questions

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Artwork produced by Elena Designe
Music composed by Nela Ruiz

Using a child's interests and favourite things to get them into reading.
Certain teaching styles.
Getting a child to write or speak about their hobbies and interests, or experiences of everyday life.
Improving listening skills and cooperation.

Send me your comments and questions

Previous Episode

Signs of Asperger's in children at school

Do you work in a teaching capacity and see any children who may be different in some ways to other children. Have you considered they may be autistic, and have a condition like Asperger's? Here are some points below to consider.
Some of the points in this episode referred to include:

Changes to routines.
Not paying attention or settling down in class.
Unintentionally displaying behaviours that may be rude, naughty, etc.
Lack of cooperation in certain lessons and quieter sessions.
Language development delays and taking longer to understand new things.
Fear of getting things wrong.
Paying attention to a child's strengths and interests.
Differences in interactions with peers.
Looking at a child's personal progress.
Sometimes being nervous of school, and certain teachers.
Certain hypersensitivities such as being afraid of noises.
Having fixation on certain things.

Send me your comments and questions

Next Episode

Autism and improving understanding of Mathematical concepts

Are you a parent or teacher of any children with Asperger's or any form of autism, and notice they may have difficulty understanding new Mathematical concepts?
This was the case with me, as my language difficulties meant it was difficult for me to understand new concepts and apply new knowledge to given problems. With appropriate support and use of my interests, this gradually improved for me over time.
You can listen to my personal experiences being at school and try and use them for inspiring, and thinking up ideas of your own to provide better support.
And just for your information, I've never worked in a teaching or medical capacity.
Points covered include:

Improving engagement and cooperation.
Certain teaching styles, including incorporating a child's hobbies and special interests. There are references to using Lego bricks.

Send me your comments and questions

A Journey of Language, Growth, and Autism Perspectives: Stephen’s Evolution - Developing language and communication skills with Asperger's

Transcript

Hi there, and welcome to episode 3 of the Stephen’s Evolution podcast. I’m Stephen McHugh, your host. I have Asperger's, a form of autism, which I was diagnosed with at the age of 7. In this episode, I’m going to talk about the support measures that were used to help me improve my language and communication skills when I was young and growing up, in terms of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
This will be the first in a series of episodes where I will be talking in more depth a