Early childhood predictors of the social competence of adults with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-174

  Gillespie Lynch, Kristen ^a   Sepeta, Leigh ^a,b   Wang, Yueyan ^a   Marshall, Stephanie ^a   Gomez, Lovella ^a   Sigman, Marian ^a   Hutman, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Autism; Longitudinal; Outcome; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIVENESS TO JOINT ATTENTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84858861931     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1222-0     Document Type: Article

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