If I’m talking to you and you ask me to give you something from me, I know just what to do. But would an autistic child? This week we explore the challenges with personal pronouns, some possible treatment options, and whether or not mixing up your “I’s” and “you’s” really matters.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Morgenstern, B.D., Causin, K.G., & Weinlein, J.L. (2019). Behavioral Interventions, 34, 525-533. doi: 10.1002/bin.1685

Hendler, M., Weisberg, P., O’Dell, N. (1988). Developing the receptive and productive use of pronouns in an autistic child: Use of modeling and programming for generalization. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 9, 17-34. doi: 10.1300/J019v90n03_02

Hartley, C., Harrison, N. & Shaw, J.J. (2021). Does autism affect children’s identification of ownership and defence of ownership rights? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 4227-4238. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04872-6

Zane, E., Arunachalam, S., & Luyster, R. (2021). Personal pronouns errors in form versus meaning produced by children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. doi: 10.1007/s41809-021-00087-4

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