Brief Report: A Longitudinal Examination of the Communicative Gestures Deficit in Young Children with Autism.

Camaioni, Luigia; Perucchini, Paola; Muratori, Filippo; Milone, Annarita

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ERIC Number: EJ561049

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Publication Date: 1997

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Brief Report: A Longitudinal Examination of the Communicative Gestures Deficit in Young Children with Autism.

Camaioni, Luigia; Perucchini, Paola; Muratori, Filippo; Milone, Annarita

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v27 n6 p715-25 Dec 1997

Examined the use of protoimperative and protodeclarative pointing gestures in three children with autism (ages 26 to 53 months) at 5-month intervals over two years. Imperative or instrumental functions emerged early in all three; declarative or experience sharing functions emerged later in two subjects and not at all in the third. (DB)

Descriptors: Autism, Body Language, Child Development, Communication Skills, Developmental Stages, Longitudinal Studies, Manual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Toddlers, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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