Early Pragmatic Accomplishments and Vocabulary Development in Preschool Children with Autism

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-190

  Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Joint attention; Pragmatics; Vocabulary development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033411203     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0802.181     Document Type: Article

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