Preliminary study of disfluency in school-aged children with autism

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-89

  Scott, Kathleen Scaler ^a,b   Tetnowski, John A ^b   Flaitz, James R ^b   Yaruss, J Scott ^c  

^a University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; autism; dysfluency; school aged children; stuttering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891372831     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12048     Document Type: Article

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