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A Paradoxical Way of Communication in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Syndrome
Bujar Hoxha
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5526/2015.06.005
South East European University, Republic of Macedonia
This paper seeks to exemplify some of the intentional and unintentional nonverbal communication attempts expressed by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) syndrome. It demonstrates that such interactions with the rest of the world are trying to establish some semiotic functions, in an effort behaviorally to overcome the children’s disability. The author’s aim is to analyze such a paradoxical way of communicational interaction of such a subject vs. a given objectively perceivable reality, thus attempting to reveal paradoxical social contexts. The focus is on interpersonal communication abilities and/or disabilities, thus allowing semiotically distinguishable units as an object of analysis. The problem of mental disorders, such as ASD, requires a multi-dimensional approach—e.g., biological, medical, and other related fields. In conclusion, by applying a semiotic analysis, it becomes necessary to communicate with such children in a whole new way which, by processes of transformation, can bring about a state of awareness of a paradoxical and/or abnormal phenomenon.
Autism, semiotics, transformation, passions, deficits
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