The language in blind children and the question about autistic-Iike features

• Autor: Pérez Pereira, Miguel
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2000
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/5961
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/5961
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: language development; blind children; autistic-like features; personal pronouns; verbal imitations; conversational capacity; desarrollo del lenguaje; niños ciegos; rasgos autistas; pronombres personales; imitaciones verbales; capacidad conversacional

Hobson et al. (Brown, Hobson. Lee y Stevenson, 1997; Hobson, Brown, Minter y Lee, 1997)ha ve updated the issue of the similarities between autism and congenital blindness. In the pre­ sent paper the empirical evidence in favor of the existence of autistic-lik features in the lan­ guage of blind children is reviewed. and new data from the author's research, are offered. The following topics are examined: (a) The use of personal pronouns, (b) the use of imitations and formulaic speech, (e) the egocentric use of speech, and (d) the capacity for iniciating conver­ sations and for conversational contingency. The analysis puts into question the similarity bet­ ween blind children and autistic children, and seems to disconfirm Hobson 's theory.