Language impairment and early social competence in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders: A comparison of DSM-5 profiles

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2797-2808

  Bennett, T A ^a,j   Szatmari, P ^b   Georgiades, K ^a   Hanna, S ^a   Janus, M ^a   Georgiades, S ^a   Duku, E ^a   Bryson, S ^c   Fombonne, E ^d   Smith, I M ^c   Mirenda, P ^e   Volden, J ^f   Waddell, C ^g   Roberts, W ^b   Vaillancourt, T ^h   Zwaigenbaum, L ^f   Elsabbagh, M ⁱ   Thompson, A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; DSM 5; Language impairment; Longitudinal epidemiology; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-5; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIALIZATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84910136287     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2138-2     Document Type: Article

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