Pragmatic language and school related linguistic abilities in siblings of children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 750-760

  Ben Yizhak, Noa ^a   Yirmiya, Nurit ^a   Seidman, Ifat ^a   Alon, Raaya ^a   Lord, Catherine ^b   Sigman, Marian ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Broad autism phenotype; Language; Learning difficulties; Pragmatics; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BROAD AUTISM PHENOTYPE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; READING; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SIBLINGS; STUDENTS;

EID: 79956195864     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1096-6     Document Type: Article

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