The impact of bilingual environments on language development in children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1342-1352

  Hambly, Catherine ^a   Fombonne, Eric ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Bilingualism; Children; Language; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; QUEBEC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84863880789     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1365-z     Document Type: Article

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