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people body language may be as complex as spoken
communication. For low-verbal autistic individuals they
may be more in tune with reading body language and may be more
expressive with their body movements. Body language as a
means of communication may be a helpful option in addition to
the use of speech whether one is low-verbal or not.
Thus, the use of body language in games
such as acting out expressions and then saying out loud the
words may be a fun game to play while increasing verbal
awareness.
"Training parents to better
communicate with their autistic preschoolers can spur children's
language development, according to a study of one such training
program...Specifically, she and her colleagues found that a
program known as More Than Words helped parents build their 2-,
3- and 4-year-old children's vocabularies. The program, which
was developed by Canadian doctors, teaches parents how to
interact with their autistic children in a playful way-using
"fun" words, games, musical speech and other tactics
to aid their language development."
-http://www.autismtoday.com/articles/Training%20Parents%20Aids%20Autistic%20Kids'%20Language.asp
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Article on body language: http://www.scn.org/people/autistics/bodylanguage.html
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