Language differences between monolingual English and bilingual English-Spanish young children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 945-948

  Valicenti McDermott, Maria ^a   Tarshis, Nancy ^a   Schouls, Melissa ^a   Galdston, Molly ^a   Hottinger, Kathryn ^a   Seijo, Rosa ^a   Shulman, Lisa ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; bilingualism; English; language; Spanish; toddlers

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BILINGUALISM; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOLINGUALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; TODDLER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 84879360175     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812453204     Document Type: Review

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