Differentiating communication disorders and autism in children

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 626-632

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Neal, Daniene ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism; Children; Communication disorders; Differential diagnosis; PDD NOS

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CHILDREN COMMUNICATION CHECKLIST; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; STEREOTYPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77957567385     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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