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What is Educational Access

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Cutting-Edge Language and Literacy Tools for Students on the Autism Spectrum
The availability of the educational offerings of the education system, or the ability to benefit from those offerings. Educational access depends, among other things, on having the receptive language skills needed to understand lessons, assignments, and directions, and the expressive language skills needed to complete assignments, take tests, and participate in class.
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The Broader Benefits of Teaching Language and Literacy to Students Across the Autism Spectrum
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9442-1.ch010
Abstract
This chapter reviews the broader benefits of teaching language and literacy to individuals across the autism spectrum. It discusses how language empowers communication in general and language instruction in particular. It discusses how language can also reduce frustration and anxiety and mitigate challenging behaviors. It then discusses various connections between linguistic and cognitive skills and processes and how these connections suggest ways in which language learning may increase cognitive flexibility and abstract thinking. Next, it turns to the crucial role of language in accessing the classroom curriculum, in boosting social engagement and perspective taking skills and providing opportunities for social learning. It concludes with a discussion of why individuals with autism are especially dependent on language.
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