Phonological awareness and word recognition in reading by children with autism

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-85

  Smith Gabig, Cheryl ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Decoding; Phonological awareness; Reading; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 76149085522     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740108328410     Document Type: Article

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