WRITING DEVELOPMENT OF 7 YEAR AUTISTIC STUDENT: A CASE STUDY

The purpose of this study are: 1) to analyze the stages of writing are developed by a 7 year old student
with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), 2) to describe the student’s writing developed, 3) to elaborate in
what component the writing developed by the autistic student. This study is conducted by using
qualitative design. The data in this study were the autistic student’s writing during class process in the
classroom SHI Medan. The instruments of collecting the data were observation and documentation. The
source of data was a 7 year autistic student in SHI Medan in 2018/2019 academic year. This study found
that student got difficulty in writing, even copying his teacher’s writing from the white board to his note
book. The autistic student is a visual learner, he will comprehend the lesson easily if the lesson is taught
through the picture. The researcher used picture book to help the student to enrich his vocabulary in
writing. The picture book used based on the student’s interest. The picture shown in the picture book
mostly about animal.
Based on this research, it is suggested that in order to help autistic student to write, the teacher should
facilitate him the book which is full of picture. It is proven by the development of his writing. From the
stage of writing, his writing is developed from emergent writing to transitional writing.