Linguistic and pragmatic language skills in adults with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-187

  Lewis, Fiona M ^a   Woodyatt, Gail C ^a   Murdoch, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Autism spectrum disorder; Language skills; Right Hemisphere Language Battery; Vocational support; Western Aphasia Battery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38849199734     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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