الدلالات التمييزية لأبعاد التواصل الاجتماعي للأطفال ذوي اضطراب التوحد والعاديين في مرحلتي الطفولة الوسطى والمتأخرة
The aim of this research is to reveal the significance of the differences between children with autism disorder and normal children on the social communication scale, and to reveal the discriminatory Indications of the dimensions of social communication between those with autism disorder and normal ones. The descriptive approach was used in a comparative way, and the sample consisted of (47) children: (17) With autism disorder, and (30) normal children of the same chronological age, the social communication scale was used, prepared by Rutter, Lord and Bailey (2010), and it was Adapted by Abdel Nasser Anis Abdel-Wahhab, (2021). The results of the research indicated that there is statistically significant differences between the mean scores of children with autism disorder and normal ones in the dimensions of the social communication scale and the total score of the scale in favor of the normal children. The results also indicated that the scores for the two dimensions of social interaction and stereotypical behavior categorize people with autism disorder as truly having autistic disorder by 100%, while the average 96.7% are classified as truly normal, and by 3.3% they are classified as having autistic disorder, and the scores for the two dimensions of social interaction are as well as stereotypical behavior, children diagnosed with autism were 100% distinguished. (Published abstract)