Description

• Title:
  Autism Spectrum Disorder people and bilingualism
• Creator:
  Andrychowicz-Trojanowska, Agnieszka
• Description:
  The aim of the article is to briefly characterise autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to draw attention to the fact that a large group of ASD people (both children and adults) are exposed to second/foreign language. The goal is also to emphasise the role of scientific knowledge in the fight against popular beliefs and myths related to the negative influence of bi- and multilingualism on the ASD population. Unfortunately, such beliefs are still quite common, also among professionals. The article is comprised of a brief literature review. The majority of the literature is based on present-day studies on ASD bilinguals, although such research is scarce. Hence the article concludes that bi- or multilingualism of ASD children and adults is unavoidable; there is not enough scientific evidence on different aspects of the multilingualism of ASD people, although it is needed; available research evidence clearly shows that exposure to another language is of great importance to people with ASD as it improves, among others, the quality of their lives; there is no scientific evidence on the negative effects of cognitive load or communication problems for ASD people exposed to second/foreign language. On the contrary, it is shown that multilingualism is beneficial for ASDs.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2025 Agnieszka Andrychowicz-Trojanowska
• Date:
  2025.07.02
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Neofilolog; Nr. 64/2 (2025): Nauczanie i uczenie się języków obcych a otoczenie społeczno-gospodarcze; 417-430;
  Neofilolog; No. 64/2 (2025): The socio-economic context of language teaching and learning; 417-430;
  Neofilolog; No. 64/2 (2025): Nauczanie i uczenie się języków obcych a otoczenie społeczno-gospodarcze; 417-430;
  Neofilolog; No 64/2 (2025): Nauczanie i uczenie się języków obcych a otoczenie społeczno-gospodarcze; 417-430;
  Neofilolog; Nr 64/2 (2025): Nauczanie i uczenie się języków obcych a otoczenie społeczno-gospodarcze; 417-430;
  2545-3971;
  1429-2173
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/n/article/view/45208/39435
• Subject:
  dwujęzyczność;
  wielojęzyczność;
  autyzm;
  spektrum;
  zaburzenie;
  ICD;
  zespół Aspergera;
  język;
  bilingualism;
  multilingualism;
  autism;
  spectrum;
  disorder;
  International Classification of Diseases;
  Asperger’s syndrome;
  language
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/n/article/view/45208
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text