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Direct linkShield, Aaron; Meier, Richard P. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have native exposure to a sign language such as American Sign Language (ASL) have received almost no scientific attention. This paper reports the first studies on a sample of five native-signing children (four deaf children of deaf parents and one hearing child of deaf parents; ages 4;6 to 7;5)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, American Sign Language, Autism, Deafness
Peer reviewedWherry, Jeffrey N.; Edwards, R. P. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1983
The effectiveness of verbal, sign, and simultaneous systems for the acquisition of receptive language by an autistic boy was investigated. Results suggest nonsignificant differences among the three methods. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Language Acquisition, Receptive Language
