Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Literacy Instruction: An Exploratory Study of Elementary Inclusive Settings

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-255

  Whalon, Kelly J ^a   Hart, Juliet E ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; autism; autism spectrum disorder; reading; reading instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955433556     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932510362174     Document Type: Article

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