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SUMMARY:Raising multilingual autistic children: challenges and opportuniti
 es - Dr Jenny Gibson\, Dr Napolean Katsos (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Karen Forbes
DESCRIPTION:Among parents and professionals there is a common\, albeit emp
 irically unsupported\, belief that multilingual exposure may be detrimenta
 l to the development of children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as
  autism. In this presentation we will first review studies that capture th
 e lived experience of multilingualism by autistic children and their carer
 s and then we will report on a systematic meta-analysis of the emerging li
 terature which reveals that multilingualism has no adverse effect on the l
 inguistic and cognitive development of children with autism. Moreover\, we
  will outline in what ways multilingualism may actually be beneficial for 
 autistic children and reported some unpublished trends in recent work with
  colleagues.  The interplay of qualitative and quantitative methods and th
 e benefits of participant-informed research will set the background for th
 is presentation.\n
LOCATION:Online
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