Many parents of autistic children are advised to use only one language when interacting with their child to simplify language acquisition and communication. Meanwhile, many countries have multilingual (social) environments and monolingualism becomes more and more difficult to implement. Previous research suggests that advising parents to monolingualism cannot be scientifically supported and that multilingualism is possibly even beneficial for (autistic) children. Especially regarding family interaction, parent mental health, and cultural transmission some research urges that forcing immigrant parents to omit their mother tongue with their child might be detrimental.
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