How do minimally verbal children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder use communicative gestures to complement their spoken language abilities?

Background and aims Prior work has examined how children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder who are minimally verbal use their spoken language abilities during interactions with others. However, social communication includes other aspects beyond speech. To our knowledge, no studies have e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chelsea La Valle, Karen Chenausky, Helen Tager-Flusberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-07-01
Series:Autism & Developmental Language Impairments
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415211035065