Brief report: A scale for rating conversational impairment in autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1375-1380

  De Villiers, Jessica ^a   Fine, Jonathan ^b   Ginsberg, Gary ^c   Vaccarella, Liezanne ^d   Szatmari, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASD; Asperger syndrome; Conversation; Linguistic analysis; Pragmatic difficulties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35148817053     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0264-1     Document Type: Article

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