The ComFor: An instrument for the indication of augmentative communication in people with autism and intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 621-632

  Noens, Ilse ^a   van Berckelaer Onnes, I ^a   Verpoorten, R ^b   van Duijn, G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Autism; Diagnostic instrument; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRY; SAMPLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BELGIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33746429067     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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