Communication in autism /

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Imprint:Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Trends in language acquisition research, 1569-0644 ; volume 11
Trends in language acquisition research ; v. 11.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11237058
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Other authors / contributors:Arciuli, Joanne, editor.
Brock, Jon (Jonathan Peter), editor.
ISBN:9789027270320
9027270325
9789027244000
9027244006
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed on January 20, 2015).
Summary:Autism is among the most severe, prevalent and heritable of all neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the factors causing autism are still unclear. Language difficulties are at the core of autism, and any aetiological theory must incorporate a plausible explanation of this symptom. The development of cerebral lateralisation has long been theorised to be associated with language impairment. This chapter reviews the empirical evidence linking cerebral lateralisation and language impairment in both typical and atypical development, with a particular focus on the communication difficulties charac.
Other form:Print version: Communication in autism. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014] 9789027244000