| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We explored the relationship between the ability of understanding others’ referential intentions and non-linguistic information, caregivers’ using non-linguistic information abilities, counseling and support of autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) children. Comparing with typically developing (TD) children, ASD children did not well coordinate pointing and eye gaze direction information in comprehension of others’ referential intentions in face-to-face communication. However, ASD children’s performance was not different from TD children in video-mediated communication. This result suggested the rich and complex nature of information in face-to-face communication. The study also showed that caregivers properly teach part names considering the direction of children’s attention. We also studied the efficacy of the support program of ASD children and counseling of caregivers, and confirmed the difficult nature of understanding others’ intentions by ASD children.
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