Differentiating characteristics of deafblindness and autism in people with congenital deafblindness and profound intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 548-558

  Hoevenaars van den Boom, M A A ^a   Antonissen, A C F M ^a   Knoors, H ^a,b   Vervloed, Mathijs P J ^b  

^a Royal Effatha Guyot Group   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Concomitant behaviour; Deafblindness; Differential diagnosis; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFBLINDNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PLAY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CONSENSUS; DEAF-BLIND DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949124253     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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