Meaning what you say? Comprehension and word production skills in young children with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 204-211

  Miniscalco, Carmela ^a   Fränberg, Josefina ^a   Schachinger Lorentzon, Ulrika ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Language; MacArthur CDI; Reynell; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPEECH; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 80455135030     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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