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Autistic children may learn better in smaller classrooms just because it’s easier to read the teacher’s lips.
“Viewing a speaker’s articulatory movements can greatly improve a listener’s ability to understand spoken words, and this is especially the case under noisy environmental conditions,” said Dr. John J. Foxe, Professor of Neuroscience at CCNY.
Speech develops well into adolescence, but autistic children often lag several years behind their non-autistic peers.
In larger classrooms, not only is it almost impossible to read the teacher’s lips, but various noise distractions are amplified, such as side chatter and paper rustling.
via timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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