Pragmatic Language Disorder among Autistic Children in Light of Some Demographic Variables

Abdel-naby, Badawy Ali Abdel-halim; Kawaasa, Ezzat Abdullah Suliman; Abdel-Sayed, Mahmoud Suliman Mohamed

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2022.255844

Pragmatic Language Disorder among Autistic Children in Light of Some Demographic Variables

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ قسم الصحة النفسية، کلية التربية بنين بالقاهرة، جامعة الأزهر، مصر.

² Mental Health Department, Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

10.21608/jsrep.2022.255844

Abstract

This research aimed to identify the differences in pragmatic language disorder among autistic children in light of age, gender (male- female), mother’s educational level and autism spectrum disorder level, participants of the study were (55) autistic children, (30) males, (25) females. The study used pragmatic language disorder scale (prepared by Abdulaziz Alshakhs), and (Gilliam Autism Rating Scale translated and codified by Adel Abdalla,). The results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences in pragmatic language disorder according to age (6,7-8,9) years in favor of the young aged children (8,9 years). There were also statistically significant differences in pragmatic language disorder according to mother’s educational level in favor of illiterate mothers. The study indicated that there was no difference of statistical significant in pragmatic language disorder between males and females. Finally, there were also statistically significant difference in pragmatic language disorder according to autistic children level in favor of severe autism.

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