Can children with autism recover? If so, how?

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-366

  Helt, Molly ^a   Kelley, Elizabeth ^b   Kinsbourne, Marcel ^c   Pandey, Juhi ^d   Boorstein, Hilary ^a   Herbert, Martha ^e   Fein, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Language development; Recovery; Stereotyped motor behavior

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PHOBIA; PLAY THERAPY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 56549127038     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-008-9075-9     Document Type: Review

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