Profoundly gifted girls and autism spectrum disorder: A psychometric case study comparison

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-105

  Assouline, Susan G ^a   Nicpon, Megan Foley ^a   Doobay, Alissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Profoundly Gifted; Social Impairments; Twice exceptional

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649110363     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986208330565     Document Type: Article

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