Pragmatic language profiles of school-age children with autism spectrum disorders and Williams Syndrome

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-380

  Philofsky, Amy ^a,b   Fidler, Deborah J ^b   Hepburn, Susan ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism spectrum disorders; Pragmatics; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549030316     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2007/040)     Document Type: Article

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