New Brain Imaging Research Shows Why Autistic Individuals...

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confuse pronouns.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 122956.htm

Interesting.

Never had a problem with that (have AS, maybe only applies to those with classic autism?)

but avoid saying I/me/my like the devil.

For example: "The glasses are nowhere to be found" when I mean "I can't find my glasses."

Very interesting, thanks!

I did this when I was younger (long before I could remember though).

That bit at the end about 'rehabbing' white brain matter was quite interesting. The suggestion that white matter can be increased and thus 'fix' the area in which it is compromised is intriguing.

The research in brain lateralization shows that when a right brained/lefthander regularly engages their non dominant hand that brain connectivity is demonstrably increased between the hemispheres. In other words, the brain grows. If the same holds true in autism - more aggressive early treatment may become the standard. It's heading in that direction now but hard evidence in the benefits of it would set that movement on fire.

I used to have a problem with you and me pronouns, I think. But now, I mostly just say: we for me sometimes, you for they (and vice versa). Does this count as pronoun reversal?

Aspies do it too, actually. But then, practically every Aspie should actually be diagnosed with classic autism, so maybe it doesn't really matter.

From what I understand, it's about perspective taking. Most NTs instinctively know to put themselves in someone else's perspective while imitating them. So when they're learning to talk, they use the same pronoun for themselves as they see adults use for themselves. Autistics often don't take others' perspectives easily, so they assume 'you' refers to the child and 'I' to the adult no matter who happens to be talking.

I saw a study into imitation in autism that found that autistic kids struggled especially with imitating orientation-to-self. For example, when imitating a model propping a stick against him/herself and rubbing it with another stick like you'd bow a violin, autistics were much less likely than non-autistic MR participants to prop the stick against themselves - even when they correctly imitated rubbing the sticks together.

I don't normally mess up pronouns, but I do use the wrong tense a lot.

I still do this.

I get high and low confused too. And words like that.

I remember that at least once I referred to something as "his" when I was supposed to use the word "my" when I was about 4 or 5 years old.