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Kwon, Eun Young; Cannon, Joanna E.; Knight, Victoria F.; Mercer, Sterett H.; Guardino, Caroline – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
d/Deaf or hard of hearing (d/Dhh) students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may require specific approaches to promote social inclusion. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of reading social stories with American Sign Language vocabulary to students who are d/Dhh with ASD (d/Dhh-ASD) and their peers in inclusive settings,…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Learner Engagement, Deafness, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Denmark, Tanya; Atkinson, Joanna; Campbell, Ruth; Swettenham, John – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
This study examined facial expressions produced during a British Sign Language (BSL) narrative task (Herman et al., International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 49(3):343-353, 2014) by typically developing deaf children and deaf children with autism spectrum disorder. The children produced BSL versions of a video story in which…
Descriptors: Deafness, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Sign Language
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Webster, C. D.; Fruchter, D.; Dean, J.; Konstantareas, M. M.; Sloman, L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
We draw on an article published in 1973 in this journal. We described how we taught "Geoff," a 6-year old boy with autism, an elementary form of sign language during the course of 24 one-hour sessions held over a 12-week period (Webster et al. in "J Autism Child Schizophr" 3:337-346, 1973; Fruchter in "Autism: new…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Males, Autism, Sign Language