Abstract
This study investigates the patterns of repair in conversations between children with autism and
their family members/speech therapists. This study, by keeping in view the characteristics of autism, defines such children as neurodivergents and their co- interlocutors are named as neurotypicals. The central argument of the thesis is that communication breakdowns, which occur during neurotypicals-neurodivergents conversations, are repaired in distinctive ways and this calls for the need ofa unique methodology for carrying out such sort of studies. The data for the present study are gathered through audio-recording conversations between neurotypicals and neurodivergents
The data are recorded in both home and clinical settings. The collected data is analyzed by methods of conversation analysis. The results of the study show that children who suffer from autism have impairment in social communication and interaction. The neurotypicals when indulge in conversation with such children seem to repair this impairment by (may be unconsciously)
constructing conversation interactional loops. The study introduces different categories of loop each of which reciprocates to the amount of exertion required to repair it. Finally, the study concludes that this new proposed methodology can help in improving our current level of
understanding regarding the mechanism of repair, which occurs during conversations involving atypical population.
Irfan Abbas, Prof. Dr. Ayesha Sohail. (2019) Investigating Patterns of Repair during Neuro-Typical-Neuro- Divergent Dyads: Focusing on Repair in Conversation Interactional Loops, The Dialogue, Volume 14, Issue 3.
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