Do autistic symptoms persist across time? Evidence of substantial change in symptomatology over a 3-year period in cognitively able children with Autism

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-166

  Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Development; Longitudinal; Outcome; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84860256917     PISSN: 19447515     EISSN: 19447558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-117.2.156     Document Type: Article

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