Rhode, Maria (2015) Autistic children: Bodily factors in the use of language. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 69 . pp. 275-290. ISSN 0079-7308

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Abstract

This paper addresses factors other than symbolic capacity that can influence the use of language by children on the autism spectrum. Chief among the issues considered are the influence of bodily experience on the articulation of words and the influence of fantasies concerning bodily relationships on the construction of words and sentences. It is suggested that such considerations may shed light on the behavior of those children on the autism spectrum whose symbolic capacity is greater than might be assumed from their use of language, and also on that of some children with selective mutism.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	In honor of the 50th Anniversary of The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child: Contemporary Reflections on the Inaugural Volume
Subjects:	Communication (incl. disorders of) > Autism Communication (incl. disorders of) > Language Psychological Therapies, Psychiatry, Counselling > Psychoanalysis
Department/People:	Children, Young Adult and Family Services
URI:	https://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/id/eprint/1380

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