Issues in bilingualism and heritage language maintenance: Perspectives of minority-language mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-24

  Yu, Betty ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Bilingualism; Cultural and linguistic diversity; Family; Heritage language maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874050127     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/10-0078)     Document Type: Article

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