The genesis of shared reference. A pragmatic perspective of autism (Génesis de la referencia compartida. Una mirada pragmática sobre el autismo)

ABSTRACT The genesis of the communication continuum in autism constitutes a key element for understanding its development. Current prospective and longitudinal research studies face this challenge. However, it is suggested that in the construction of shared reference the path of child–object interactions must be analysed from a semiotic and dimensional perspective as of the first months of life. This article presents the axes of a study, currently under way, with siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, from the Pragmatics of Object, and their associations with Ángel Rivière’s proposals.