Abstract
Autism, first identified and subscribed in medicine literature by Kanner (1943), is a chronic disorder characterized by symptoms as impairment in verbal, non verbal communication, social skills, limited and repetitive behavioral patterns. Autistic children lack intuition of others' feelings and have difficulty in expressing their own. They also generally lack social and emotional reciprocity. As a result of mentioned impairments they may not understand others' body language, tone of voice and emotional signals (delivered by gestures and posture). They also may not infer others' reactions in social interactions. Autistic children, divergent from normally developing children, need assistance regarding, comprehending and expressing their feelings. Recent studies suggest use of social skills education, social stories, peer education to support social/emotional skills of autistic children. In this paper, sessions to improve emotion perception and emotion expression abilities of a 13 years old boy with a diagnosis of high-functional autism is reported.
Keywords: Autism, emotion perception, emotion expression, emotion labeling.
