The Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture 1997. Change and continuity in the development of children with autism

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 817-827

  Sigman, Marian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Down syndrome; Mental handicap; Pervasive developmental disorder; Preschool children; School children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPETENCE; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031716438     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00383     Document Type: Article

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