Informing children about their sibling's diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder: An initial investigation into current practices

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1421-1429

  Tanaka, Kyoko ^a,b   Uchiyama, Tokio ^c   Endo, Fumio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mashiki Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Diagnosis; Parent; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79958032038     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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