Fernandes Fernanda Dreux Miranda
Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupcational da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.
Pro Fono. 2005 Jan-Apr;17(1):67-76.
Results of language therapy with adolescents and children with autistic spectrum disorders.
to identify changes, after a six-month period of speech-language therapy, in a group of adolescents and to compare them with a group of children.
Data referring to the communicative profile and social-cognitive performance of 12 adolescents and 12 children were analyzed.
Just one of the 10 observed areas presented meaningful progress for the group of adolescents and 5 areas presented progress for group of children.
The results reinforce the importance of language therapy for autistic children, as more progress can be obtained at this age.
