Adult people with language impairment and their life situation

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-254

  Törnqvist, Maria Carlson ^a   Thulin, Sofia ^b   Segnestam, Ylva ^c   Horowitz, Laura ^d,e  

^a Gotland Municipality Speech Language Pathology Clinic   (Sweden)

^b Södertä Hospital   (Sweden)

^c National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Language impairment; Psychosocial outcome; Qualitative interview; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 68249157189     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740108326034     Document Type: Article

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