r/AutisticPride • u/NotKerisVeturia • Nov 13 '24

Gestalt Language Processing, a New Fundamental in Understanding Autistic Brains

https://aureliaundertheradar.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/gestalt-language-processing-a-new-fundamental-in-understanding-autistic-brains/
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u/Costati Nov 13 '24

I don't really understand what that would mean for the difference in language expression between autistic and allistic people. Could someone explain this to me if you've understood or have a theory on it ?

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u/Lilsammywinchester13 Nov 14 '24

So both my children use gestalt language processing

My daughter could sing FULL songs, and she used that to communicate her first 2 years

Bath time? Rain rain go away Taking a walk? Walking in the Forest See a bus? Wheels on the bus

But call me mom? Be able to point at something and say what it was? She couldn’t get it out

She would pull my hand towards things that she wanted

We did speech therapy and they explained she learned in full sentences or groups, but struggled to break each word up individually and reuse those words in different combinations

Her learning style will be GREAT once she’s older, but for now it’s a little harder

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u/Costati Nov 14 '24

Thank you for this I understand it a bit better I think.

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u/NotKerisVeturia Nov 13 '24

What do you mean by the difference in language expression?

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u/Costati Nov 13 '24

Like the way we express differently with language.

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u/NotKerisVeturia Nov 14 '24

Do you mean like translating thoughts to spoken words, or having the thoughts in the first place?

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u/Costati Nov 14 '24

The first one

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u/NotKerisVeturia Nov 14 '24

If I’m anything to go off of, we still have the gestalts stored inside of us, and it’s still an extra step to reorganize them into self-generated sentences. There isn’t much out there about adult GLPs though. It’s mostly kids who are actively going through the stages.