Brief report: Structure of personal narratives of adults with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 733-738

  McCabe, Allyssa ^a   Hillier, Ashleigh ^a   Shapiro, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism spectrum disorder; Emergent adults; Narrative; Pragmatic language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NARRATION;

EID: 84879504286     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1585-x     Document Type: Article

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