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Peer reviewedKonstantareas, M. Mary; Leibovitz, Sandi F. – Sign Language Studies, 1981
Compares the effectiveness of a visual only approach (mouthing and signing) with a simultaneous visual and auditory approach (signing and speaking) in teaching autistic-like children to communicate. Results suggest the simultaneous approach may be superior. In addition, receptive abilities precede expressive. Implications of therapeutic…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Bornstein, Harry – 1981
This paper, in reviewing four different studies, discusses the influence of some basic parameters or aspects of a sign on the accuracy of perceiving that sign. This information can aid the teaching of signs to the mentally retarded, the autistic, the cerebral palsied, and the hearing adult. A series of studies was conducted in which the aim was to…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impairments
