You can know me now if you listen: Sensory, motor, and communication issues in a nonverbal person with autism

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Shoener, Rachel Freret ^a   Kinnealey, Moya ^b   Koenig, Kristie P ^c  

^a TALK Institute and School   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication; Effectiveness; Movement; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049129672     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.62.5.547     Document Type: Article

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