Children with autism experience problems with both objects and people

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 367-378

  Williams, Emma ^a,b   Costall, Alan ^a   Reddy, Vasudevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Interpersonal relations; Object use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; OBJECT RELATION; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0032727105     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023026810619     Document Type: Article

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