Basic reading skills in high-functioning Swedish children with autism spectrum disorders or attention disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-109

  Åsberg, Jakob ^a   Dahlgren, SvenOlof ^b   Dahlgren Sandberg, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention disorders; Autism spectrum disorders; Reading comprehension; Word decoding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTISM; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 38749136627     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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