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Download full textAlzahrani, Amsa N. – Online Submission, 2015
Autism spectrum disorders are lifelong conditions that affect children's social and communication skills. Dual diagnoses pose additional challenges mainly because of the difficulties that come with making accurate decisions. It is intriguing to note that children with hearing impairments are more likely to have autism as opposed to members of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Hearing Impairments, Deafness
Direct linkKuenssberg, Renate; McKenzie, Karen; Jones, Jill – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Research continues to try and pinpoint the etiological role of particular genes and brain structure in autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), but despite a host of biological, genetic and neuropsychological research, the symptom profile of pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) are not yet linked to etiological theory. Debate continues around whether…
Descriptors: Autism, Literature Reviews, Repetition, Communication Disorders
Dyck, Murray J.; Piek, Jan P.; Patrick, Jeff – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
We tested whether developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and mixed receptive expressive language disorder (RELD) are valid diagnoses by assessing whether they are separated from each other, from other childhood disorders, and from normality by natural boundaries termed zones of rarity. Standardized measures of intelligence, language, motor…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Retardation, Autism, Social Cognition
Peer reviewedWolf-Schein, Enid G. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1998
This paper discusses assessment of autistic and deaf-blind children with such severe difficulties in communication that they are often labeled as untestable and subsequently misdiagnosed as severely to profoundly mentally retarded. It urges nonintrusive assessment and appropriate intervention as the most relevant procedures for helping this…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Disorders, Daily Living Skills, Deaf Blind
Rapin, Isabelle, Ed. – 1996
This monograph presents 11 papers on a study of the problem of specific diagnosis with children who do not communicate effectively. About 500 children with inadequate communication skills, selected as having a developmental language disorder, autism, or low IQ without autistic features, were studied by a multidisciplinary team. Data collected…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Classification
Kauffman, James M., Ed.; Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Special education is now an established part of public education in the United States--by law and by custom. However, it is still widely misunderstood and continues to be dogged by controversies related to such things as categorization, grouping, assessment, placement, funding, instruction, and a variety of legal issues. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Design
