Identifying Patterns of Similarities and Differences between Gesture Production and Comprehension in Autism and Typical Development.
Production and comprehension of gesture emerge early and are key to subsequent language development in typical development. Compared to typically developing (TD) children, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit difficulties and/or differences in gesture production. However, we do not...
| Published in: | Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 173 - 197 |
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Jun2022
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