Kathy Thiemann-Bourque, University of Kansas, Juniper Gardens Children's Project; Lynette K. Johnson, Delta Behavioral Group, PLLC; and Nancy C. Brady, University of Kansas, Speech, Language, and Hearing Department.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2019 Jan;124(1):77-91. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-124.1.77.
Contradictory reports of play strengths and weaknesses for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) persist in the literature. We compared the play of 19 children with ASD to 19 typically developing (TD) children matched on language and cognitive skills. All children were verbal. Results revealed no differences in indiscriminate actions, functional play, and object interest. The children with ASD showed less symbolic play and a significantly fewer number of children met criteria for emerging or mastered symbolic play. A specific deficit was observed for "doll as agent" symbolic play. Outcomes suggest that compared to children without disabilities, children with ASD may have comparable functional play skills and struggle with the transition to some, but not all types of symbolic play.
自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童的游戏优势和劣势的报告在文献中一直相互矛盾。我们比较了 19 名自闭症儿童和 19 名语言和认知技能匹配的典型发育(TD)儿童的游戏。所有儿童均具备语言能力。结果显示,无区别动作、功能性游戏和物体兴趣方面没有差异。自闭症儿童的象征性游戏较少,符合新兴或掌握象征性游戏标准的儿童数量明显较少。还观察到“玩偶代理”象征性游戏的特定缺陷。研究结果表明,与无残疾儿童相比,自闭症儿童可能具有类似的功能性游戏技能,但在向某些但不是所有类型的象征性游戏过渡方面存在困难。