It is a reality whose neurotypics, which have no disorder of neurode development, often are not aware, as it seems natural to them. Our company and our exchanges are riddled with non -verbal signals, which help us communicate, to make a company. But for a neuroatypic person, suffering in particular by an autism spectrum disorder (TSA), all this does not flow from a source.
Published in the journal Plos One (Source 1), a study reveals how non -verbal signals put people autistic in difficulty.
An unknown language that must be decoded live
The researchers analyzed 362 testimonies of adults with ASD, via an online forum, where autistic people converse on their communication difficulties. Scientists focused on publications concerning non -verbal communication: Reading contact, voice tone, gestures and facial expressions …
What emerges is that the non -verbal signals that punctuate our conversations are almost like an unknown language for autistic people: they must decipher and decode a language that they do not masterand this in real time, without written trace. For example, a user indicated that having to speak while decoding the non -verbal signals of his interlocutor gave him an impression of being overwhelmed, of having too much to think, where another said his aversion to non -verbal signals, which can…
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