Communicative gesture use in infants with and without autism: A retrospective home video study

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-39

  Watson, Linda R ^a   Crais, Elizabeth R ^a   Baranek, Grace T ^a   Dykstra, Jessica R ^a   Wilson, Kaitlyn P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disorders; Gestural communication; Infants and toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874044157     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0145)     Document Type: Article

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