Profound expressive language impairment in low functioning children with autism: An investigation of syntactic awareness using a computerised learning task

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2062-2081

  McGonigle Chalmers, Maggie ^a   Alderson Day, Ben ^a   Fleming, Joanna ^a   Monsen, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive control; Expressive language impairment; Low functioning autism; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; AUTISM; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AWARENESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84883177987     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1753-z     Document Type: Article

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