Ferrari M
J Commun Disord. 1982 Jun;15(3):191-208. doi: 10.1016/0021-9924(82)90033-8.
The present paper reviews, outlines, and explores the literature concerned with the speech-language disorder of childhood autism. The problems of communication of the autistic child are compared and contrasted with those of children with a variety of other language disorders (e.g. receptive developmental dysphasia). Based upon the review of normal preverbal communicatory and symbolic development, it is concluded that childhood autism involves a pervasive language disorder encompassing communication in general, as well as certain symbolic-representational abilities necessary for language. An overview of the attempts to teach speech to autistic children in then undertaken with special emphasis on the possible implications of developmental knowledge for these training pursuits. Finally, the role of neurologic substrates in the language and communication disorder of autism is presented.
本文回顾、概述并探究了与儿童自闭症言语语言障碍相关的文献。将自闭症儿童的沟通问题与患有各种其他语言障碍（如感受性发育性言语困难）的儿童的沟通问题进行了比较和对比。基于对正常言语前沟通和符号发展的回顾，得出结论：儿童自闭症涉及一种普遍的语言障碍，包括一般的沟通以及语言所需的某些符号表征能力。随后概述了针对自闭症儿童进行言语教学的尝试，并特别强调了发展知识对这些训练活动可能产生的影响。最后，阐述了神经学基础在自闭症语言和沟通障碍中的作用。
