{"id":24,"date":"2025-03-06T16:36:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:44:15","slug":"language-and-communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/language-and-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Language and communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Communication is the process of sharing information, thoughts or feelings between people. It involved sending, receiving and understanding messages through various forms. We can communicate through verbal or non-verbal communication.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Social communication and interaction\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Social communication\u2019 and \u2018social interaction\u2019 are often used interchangeably. This includes the use and understanding of spoken (verbal) and non-spoken (non-verbal) communication, such as conversation and body language. It also includes social \u2018exchanges\u2019, such as sharing and taking turns.<\/p>\n<p>Social communication and interaction skills are used to start, build and maintain friendships and relationships with other people, including in your personal life, in education and at work.<\/p>\n<p>Social communication and interaction differences are part of the criteria for an autism identification, but these differences can vary widely between autistic girls.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Language\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Language is a system of sounds and symbols used in communication. Although language differences are not part of the criteria for an autism diagnosis, language is a significant part of social communication and interaction, and research suggests that some autistic people may have differences in how they understand and\/or use language. This can vary a lot between autistic people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communication is the process of sharing information, thoughts or feelings between people. It involved sending, receiving and understanding messages through various forms. We can communicate through verbal or non-verbal communication. Social communication and interaction\u00a0 \u2018Social communication\u2019 and \u2018social interaction\u2019 are often used interchangeably. This includes the use and understanding of spoken (verbal) and non-spoken (non-verbal) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/language-and-communication\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Language and communication<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25183,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/autisticgirls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}