Why do autistic children have difficulty passing the false belief task?

Children with autism is a complex condition that has impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills. The children with autism have difficulty in understanding the false belief in comparison to normal other children. Autistic children are slightly better than the mentally ret. arded persons. Autistic children have a specific deficit in theory of mind. The performance of the children may improved to a large extend due to some kind of coaching facilities. The correct answer is that - they lack a theory of mind.