A multinational study examining the cross cultural differences in social skills of children with autism spectrum disorders: A comparison between the United Kingdom and the United States of America

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-154

  Sipes, Megan ^a   Furniss, Frederick ^b   Matson, Johnny L ^a   Hattier, Megan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Cross cultural; Matson evaluation of social skills with youngsters; MESSY; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858288598     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-011-9261-1     Document Type: Article

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