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The symbolic and object play of children with autism: a review
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The unique characteristics of autistic children's symbolic and object play are presented and discussed in the context of a literature review covering research since 1964 and the appropriateness of play therapy is questioned.Abstract:
The unique characteristics of autistic children's symbolic and object play are presented and discussed in the context of a literature review covering research since 1964. Several theoretical issues are highlighted: the relationship of play in facilitating language and cognition, play as an intervention, and play as an assessment tool. Difficulties in research methodology due to pooling autistic and schizophrenic subject are raised, as well as possible difficulties inherent in ignoring severity levels within the autistic population. The appropriateness of play therapy is questioned, and evidence is presented to provide encouragement for further inquiry into the study of autistic play.read more
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Diagnosis and Definition
TL;DR: Most of the chapters in this book take for granted the definition of infantile autism and the criteria to be used in its diagnosis as mentioned in this paper, but the questions of definition and diagnosis have given rise to such controversy over the years that it is necessary to set the scene for what follows by some discussion of the issues involved.
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Symbolic play and language comprehension in autistic children.
Judy Ungerer,Marian Sigman +1 more
TL;DR: The results indicated that deviance in the early symbolic development of autistic children is manifest in their functional use of objects in play, supporting the notion of a generalized symbolic impairment in autistic children.
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Symbolic play in severely mentally retarded and in autistic children
TL;DR: A small group of children with “repetitive” speech and stereotyped play is identified and the relationship with childhood autism is considered and the educational implications of the findings are discussed.
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Increasing Spontaneous Play by Suppressing Self-Stimulation in Autistic Children.
TL;DR: Appropriate play with toys was studied in two autistic children with high occurrences of self-stimulatory behavior and identified a set of conditions under which spontaneous appropriate behavior occurs at an increased level.