Why reading comprehension fails: Insights from developmental disorders

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-32

  Nation, Kate ^a   Norbury, Courtenay Frazier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Comprehension; Language impairment; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144368114     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200501000-00004     Document Type: Article

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