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I, you, me, and autism: an experimental study

A Lee1, R P Hobson, S Chiat

  • 1Developmental Psychopathology Unit, Tavistock Clinic, London, England.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
|April 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

Autistic individuals showed difficulties using personal pronouns like "me" and "you" in specific tasks, despite understanding them. These challenges in pronoun use were linked to everyday communication difficulties.

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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Background:

  • Abnormalities in personal pronoun use in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been speculated but not systematically studied.
  • Understanding pronoun comprehension and production is crucial for social communication in autistic individuals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically investigate the comprehension and use of personal pronouns ('I,' 'you,' 'me') in autistic individuals.
  • To explore potential differences in pronoun usage between autistic and nonautistic individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Tested age- and verbal mental-matched groups of autistic and nonautistic children and young adults.
  • Administered tasks assessing comprehension and use of personal pronouns 'I,' 'you,' and 'me.'
  • Included visual perspective-taking and photograph-naming tasks.

Main Results:

  • Autistic subjects comprehended pronouns but were less likely to use 'me' in perspective-taking tasks, opting for 'I' instead.
  • Lower ability subjects sometimes used proper names instead of pronouns in naming tasks.
  • Autistic individuals were less likely to use 'you' to refer to the experimenter.

Conclusions:

  • Autistic individuals exhibit specific difficulties in the production of personal pronouns, particularly 'me' and 'you,' in certain contexts.
  • These findings suggest pragmatic language challenges in ASD that extend beyond basic comprehension.
  • Difficulties with personal pronoun use may contribute to reported everyday communication challenges in autistic individuals.

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