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Volume 18:1 January 2018
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Interaction between Mothers and Children with Autism

Ms. Geetha Pujari, M.Sc. (ASLP)
Mr. Nadiminti Karenna, M.Sc. (ASLP)
Dr. Sudheer Bhan, Ph.D. (Linguistics)

Abstract

Aim: To investigates interaction of Telugu mothers with their Autistic children in the city of Hyderabad, India.

Method: This study consists of 30 mother- child dyads. Among them (mothers) 19 mothers participated in both audio and video tasks, whereas 11 mothers only had audio recording task. Their age range was 25-45 and educational qualification range from intermediate to post graduate. Out of 30 mothers, 14 were trained in applied behaviour analysis (ABA). The Autistic children were assessed and diagnosed on the basis of ADOS (autism diagnostic observation schedule).

Results and Discussion: Speech and Interaction of Telugu speaking mothers with their Autistic children reflected deficiencies to a larger extent. Autistic mothers used relatively more simple sentences than compound. Most Autistic mothers took very less turns during interaction and no reciprocal turns were generated from Autistic children.

Summary and Conclusion: Very significant number of mothers of Autistic children used proximal pointing during their communication with their words. Majority of mothers had very low rate of speech in both audio and video tasks. Very few mothers had high rate of speech. Autistic mothers were very balanced in their conversation with their wards (children’s) i.e. neither less demanding nor more demanding in conversation.

Keywords: Autistic, Mother-Child Interaction, Telugu as Mother Tongue, Autistic Mothers.

Introduction

Autism is a psycho-neurobiological condition that affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. Some of the Autistic children seem to be engrossed in their own world or self and have no desire to reach out or contact other people. It is derived from GREEK word auto, which means self. These children are always withdrawn in their own self and hardly socialize. The interaction of mothers with their Autistic children is inadequate and deficient, which results in impaired communication and socialization among them. Present study investigates into interaction of Telugu mothers with their Autistic children in the city of Hyderabad, India.

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Ms. Geetha Pujari, M.Sc. (ASLP)
Audiologist & Speech Therapist
Government District Hospital
Anantapur 515001
Andhra Pradesh
India
geethapujariaslp@gmail.com

Mr. Nadiminti Karenna, M.Sc. (ASLP)
Clinical Lecturer
Shravana Institute of Speech and Hearing,
Ballari 583101
Karnataka
India
kk93337@gmail.com

Dr. Sudheer Bhan, Ph.D. (Linguistics)
Lecturer in Speech Department
Helen Keller’s Institute of Speech and Hearing
Secunderabad 500056
Telangana
India

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