Asperger syndrome and the children who 'Don't quite fit in'

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-443

  Portway, Suzy ^a   Johnson, Barbara ^b  

^a West Sussex NHS Primary Care Trust The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Children; Early diagnosis; Not fitting in

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844384469     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443032000079113     Document Type: Article

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