Social communication disorder outside autism? A diagnostic classification approach to delineating pragmatic language impairment, high functioning autism and specific language impairment

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1186-1197

  Gibson, Jenny ^a   Adams, Catherine ^b   Lockton, Elaine ^b   Green, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; high functioning autism; language impairment; pragmatics; restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests; Social communication disorder; social functioning

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PRAGMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESTRICTED AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIOURS AND INTERESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

DIAGNOSIS; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; PRAGMATICS; RESTRICTED AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIOURS AND INTERESTS; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER; SOCIAL FUNCTIONING;

APRAXIAS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885590517     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12079     Document Type: Article

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