Sign language influences autistic non-verbal children and speaking. According to the article: A Comparison of Discrete Trial Teaching with and without Gestures/Signs in Teaching Receptive Language Skills to Children with Autism, says that prompting is important to help support language and help develop it. The article says, that augmentative and alternative communication skills can be taught to children that are non-verbal through different forms of communication that include graphic symbols, sign language and or a combination of gestures and visual aids. The writer of this article Onur Kurt says that “Presenting stimuli that establish the ground for demonstrating communication behavior with the help of visual stimuli creates positive effects
