Commentary: Critical considerations for studying low-functioning autism
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Memory , language and intellectual ability in low - functioning autism
Over the last two decades most psychological and neuropsychological research into autism has focused on individuals with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism (HFA), rather than on individuals with lowfunctioning autism (LFA) or what is termed autistic disorder in the Diagnostic and Stastical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSMIV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994). The cor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0021-9630
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12720