Reading comprehension, word decoding and spelling in girls with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD): Performance and predictors

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-71

  Åsberg, Jakob ^a   Kopp, Svenny ^b   Berg Kelly, Kristina ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD HD); Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Decoding; Literacy; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CODING; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; WORD DECODING; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WRITING;

EID: 72749097926     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820902745438     Document Type: Article

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