Indicators of Intellectual Disabilities in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-137

  Rivard, Mélina ^a   Terroux, Amélie ^b   Mercier, Céline ^c   Parent Boursier, Claudel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Centre de réadaptation en déficience intellectuelle Montérégie Est   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviors; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Early childhood; Intellectual Disability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; CANADA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84938851595     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2198-3     Document Type: Article

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