THE IMPORTANCE OF GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS IN DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR AN AUTISTIC CHILD

Document Type : Original Article

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Printed Designs Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt

Abstract

Autism is derived from two Greek words (aut), meaning “self”, and “ism”, meaning “status”. This word is used to describe an unusually introvert person, meaning isolation and seclusion. Children with autism refuse to deal with others in addition to their different behaviours, from one child to another, where they suffer in one way or another from difficulties in developing and maintaining relationships with others. Autism spectrum indicates that there is a wide variation in autism behaviour as it is in the form of a spectrum that extends from mild to severe cases and doctors often describe the disease as a widespread development disorder which means that it affects all aspects of a child`s daily life

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