Nonverbal communication in two- and three-year-old children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 677-696

  Stone, Wendy L ^a,c   Ousley, Opal Y ^b   Yoder, Paul J ^b   Hogan, Kerry L ^b   Hepburn, Susan L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAZE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTURES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; KINESICS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031408110     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025854816091     Document Type: Review

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