Multimodal Parent-child Interactions in Autism: What Can We Learn from Them?

Purpose: Exploring the multimodal communicative features in autistic parent-child interactions. Methods: Based on Sigrid Norris’multimodal interaction theory, editing and annotating parent-child interactions in five autism-related documentaries, this study analyzed the modality configurations and structural relationships of individuals with autism in parent-child interactions. Results: It was found that children with autism use more nonverbal than verbal modalities in parent-child interactions a