Cognitive and academic distinctions between gifted students with autism and Asperger syndrome

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-89

  Foley Nicpon, Megan ^a   Assouline, Susan G ^a   Stinson, Rebecca D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic profiles; autism spectrum disorders; cognitive profiles; gifted students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859832786     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986211433199     Document Type: Article

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