Atypicality, intelligence, and age: A conceptual model of autistic spectrum disorder

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 712-716

  Coplan, James ^a  

^a Children's Seashore House   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141607960     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203001324     Document Type: Review

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