Another Source to Help My Research (22)

I recently read the articles “"Quantitative analysis of disfluency in children with autism spectrum disorder or language impairment". The citation of the source is in APA format and found below. I used the APA format because this particular source is found within the category of social sciences. Speech pathology and audiology qualifies as a social science, so again that is why this specific source is in APA format.

Macfarlane, H., Gorman, K., Ingham, R., Hill, A. P., Papadakis, K., Kiss, G., & Santen, J. V. (2017). Quantitative analysis of disfluency in children with autism spectrum disorder or language impairment. Plos One, 12(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173936

“Quantitative analysis of disfluency in children with autism spectrum disorder or language impairment” is mainly about the deficits in social communication that are dominate in the autism spectrum disorder or ASD. These speech disfluencies cause the speaking problems in these children or adults. They are no longer able to communicate with the world in which they live in. No one understands their wants or their needs or their emotions. This academic article also talks about the different types of ASD and how dominate speech disfluencies are in each category. The common ASD patient differ from the “typically developing speakers” in the types of patterns of disfluencies they produce. They are unable to provide correct and detailed characterizations of particular methods of speech and make something called cross-study comparison difficult. The article conducts a study by proposing a simple schema for classifying major disfluency types and use it in an “explanatory analysis” to understand the different patterns of speech disfluencies in ASD patients.

The potential quotes that I found throughout the academic journal that will impact my essential question and my research are as followed. Each article that I have used in throughout my research have a different definition of ASD. This article states, “Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by deficits in communication, impairments in social interaction, and restricted or repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities” (MacFarlane 1). Understanding children and adolescents with ASD is almost like solving a puzzle. This article states what each patient suffers from, “Children and adolescents with ASD experience difficulties with initiating conversation or responding to the initiations of others, taking conversational turns, staying on topic, and producing coherent narrative” (MacFarlane 2). Simply understanding these students patterns will help speech therapists understand what methods to use to help them communicate properly with their peers. I never knew what the particular definition of speech impairment was until I stumbled upon this article. The academic journal defines it as “Specific language impairment is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by language delays or deficits in the absence of accompanying developmental or sensory impairments” (MacFarlane 3).

After further research of my source, I was able to find that it is indeed a valid source. Each of the authors that contributed to the paper were experts in their fields with a degree in speech pathology. The URL that the source is found is an education source because of the ending of the site of .edu. Since the academic journal is a research paper, it is not biased. Each of the sentences written are based on the data collected from the study conducted and detailed throughout the article. The article fits my essential question almost perfectly. It correlates with the idea of finding a speech method that works for a student with ASD. The source was extremely helpful because it provided me with new data points and new insight about what exactly my field of study is all about. I am thinking about using this source in my powerpoint. It will help create a better background for my audience and also allow them to see the extent of my knowledge on this topic.