Enhancing the Written Narrative Skills of an AAC Student with Autism: Evidence-Based Research Issues

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-324

  Bedrosian, Jan ^a   Lasker, Joanne ^a   Speidel, Kristina ^a   Politsch, Andrea ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Children with autism; Literacy; Written narrative skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242427754     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200310000-00006     Document Type: Article

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