Nonverbal communication skills in young children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1898-1906

  Chiang, Chung Hsin ^a   Soong, Wei Tsuen ^b   Lin, Tzu Ling ^c   Rogers, Sally J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonverbal communication; Young autism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH DISORDER;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 56349161008     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0586-2     Document Type: Article

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