Assessing the early characteristics of autistic disorder using video analysis

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-313

  Clifford, Sally ^a,b   Young, Robyn ^a   Williamson, Paul ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Disability Services Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic disorder; Early identification; Early social characteristics; Home movies; Home videos; Infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33847181728     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0160-8     Document Type: Article

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