Preschoolers with autism show greater impairment in receptive compared with expressive language abilities

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 681-690

  Hudry, Kristelle ^a   Leadbitter, Kathy ^b   Temple, Kathryn ^c   Slonims, Vicky ^d   McConachie, Helen ^c   Aldred, Catherine ^b,e   Howlin, Patricia ^f   Charman, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Stockport Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Expressive language; Preschool; Receptive language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77957891968     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903461493     Document Type: Article

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