Autistic individuals often experience difficulties with expressing their own emotions, which can contribute to the behavioral characteristics of the disorder. Evidence suggests that these challenges include an impaired ability to convey emotion through tone of voice and a reduced capacity to produce facial expressions.

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Communication deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder can vary widely. They may range from a complete absence of speech to limited, one-word responses or echoed speech (echolalia), where an individual parrots what others say. Difficulties also arise in maintaining conversational turn-taking and in using or interpreting nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, and posture.

Communication Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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Based on the provided scenario, identify two distinct communication challenges the child is demonstrating and explain how the behavior illustrates these challenges.

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