Palm reversal errors in native-signing children with autism

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 439-454

  Shield, Aaron ^a   Meier, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84867900631     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: 18737994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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