Rich, (01)
You're not going to find a "specific" set of words that autistic
children use. First, autism is a spectrum of symptoms, not causes, that
range from high-performing to those incapable of any communications.
Also, there is the issue that humans have a connectionist architecture
that is non-deterministic. The autistic child that spend a lot of time
with doctors and clinicians will have a different vocabulary than those
who do not. (02)
If you really would like to pursue this avenue of exploration, I suggest
Carol Chomsky's work on child language acquisition in which she examines
how more complex concepts are displayed during play. ("The Acquisition
of Syntax in Children from 5 to 10", Chomsky MIT Press, No. 57, Pgs. 125.) (03)
There are a number of similar works but her's is quite readable.There
are also vocabulary lists for children such as "Baby 25".
>
>http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/2-year-old-25-words-researchers-article-1.1025968
Finally, there is research such as this, that looks at some of the
abstract concepts of children.
> http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/september/toddler-language-gap-091213.html (04)
-John Bottoms
FirstStar Systems
Concord, MA USA
On 11/4/2014 10:54 AM, Rich Cooper wrote:
> Yes, I had seen the article on Gus and Siri, and that piqued my interest, but
>it might provide more insight into autism if we knew specific words that
>autistics seldom (or never) use. That would indicate that the unused words
>indicate concepts which autistics can't form in their natural state. That
>should stimulate some studies on brain imaging under verbal stimuli, seeing
>the difference in scans between autistics and "normal".
>
> So I think the vocabulary they don't use, yet normal use every day, should
>help understand the mapping of those words to the brain regions where they are
>recognized and processed.
>
> -Rich
>
> Sincerely,
> Rich Cooper
> EnglishLogicKernel.com
> Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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> On 11/4/2014 10:02 AM, Rich Cooper wrote:
>> how autism deficits affect the patient’s “Theory of Mind” since those
>> are often patients with deep communication deficits. How autistic kids
>> grow and communicate must have some valuable information about how the
>> mind works.
> Yes. There was an article in the NY Times about a 13-year-old
> autistic boy who found it much easier to talk with Siri than with
> actual humans. URL and excerpts below.
>
> It provides some insights into autistic language -- and into ways
> of designing user interfaces for all humans, autistic or not.
>
> John
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>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/fashion/how-apples-siri-became-one-autistic-boys-bff.html
>
> To Siri, With Love
> How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri
>
> By JUDITH NEWMAN, OCT. 17, 2014
>
> Gus has autism, and Siri, Apple’s “intelligent personal assistant”
> on the iPhone, is currently his BFF... After a while I heard this:
>
> Gus: “You’re a really nice computer.”
>
> Siri: “It’s nice to be appreciated.”
>
> Gus: “You are always asking if you can help me. Is there anything you
>want?”
>
> Siri: “Thank you, but I have very few wants.”
>
> Gus: “O.K.! Well, good night!”
>
> Siri: “Ah, it’s 5:06 p.m.”
>
> Gus: “Oh sorry, I mean, goodbye.”
>
> Siri: “See you later!”
>
> She doesn’t let my communications-impaired son get away with anything.
> Indeed, many of us wanted an imaginary friend, and now we have one.
> Only she’s not entirely imaginary...
>
> Gus had never noticed Siri before, but when he discovered there was
> someone who would not just find information on his various obsessions
> (trains, planes, buses, escalators and, of course, anything related
> to weather) but actually semi-discuss these subjects tirelessly, he
> was hooked. And I was grateful...
>
> Online critics have claimed that Siri’s voice recognition is not
> as accurate as the assistant in, say, the Android, but for some of
> us, this is a feature, not a bug. Gus speaks as if he has marbles
> in his mouth, but if he wants to get the right response from Siri,
> he must enunciate clearly...
>
> She is also wonderful for someone who doesn’t pick up on social cues:
> Siri’s responses are not entirely predictable, but they are predictably
> kind — even when Gus is brusque. I heard him talking to Siri about
> music, and Siri offered some suggestions. “I don’t like that kind of
> music,” Gus snapped. Siri replied, “You’re certainly entitled to your
> opinion.” Siri’s politeness reminded Gus what he owed Siri. “Thank you
> for that music, though,” Gus said. Siri replied, “You don’t need to
> thank me.” “Oh, yes,” Gus added emphatically, “I do.”
>
> My son’s practice conversation with Siri is translating into more
> facility with actual humans. Yesterday I had the longest conversation
> with him that I’ve ever had. Admittedly, it was about different
> species of turtles and whether I preferred the red-eared slider to
> the diamond-backed terrapin. This might not have been my choice of
> topic, but it was back and forth, and it followed a logical trajectory.
>
> ...
>
> Gus: “Siri, will you marry me?”
>
> Siri: “I’m not the marrying kind.”
>
> Gus: “I mean, not now. I’m a kid. I mean when I’m grown up.”
>
> Siri: “My end user agreement does not include marriage.”
>
> Gus: “Oh, O.K.”
>
> Gus: “Goodnight, Siri. Will you sleep well tonight?”
>
> Siri: “I don’t need much sleep, but it’s nice of you to ask.”
> (05)
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