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Peer reviewedBird, Elizabeth Kay-Raining; Gaskell, Annette; Babineau, Michelle Dallaire; MacDonald, Susan – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
Novel word learning in three conditions (signed only, spoken only, signed and spoken combined) was compared for young children (N=10) with Down syndrome and mental-age matched controls. No group differences in frequency of imitations or productions were obtained. The frequency of imitations was highest in the combined condition. In the combined…
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Imitation, Language Acquisition, Learning Modalities
Peer reviewedSeal, Brenda C.; Bonvillian, John D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
Sign language production of 14 low-functioning students (ages 9 to 20) with autistic disorder were examined. The location aspect of signs was produced more accurately by subjects than either the handshape or movement aspects. Wide individual differences were observed. Sign vocabulary size and accuracy was correlated with performance on two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Children, Expressive Language
