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Reed, Sarah R.; Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Suhrheinrich, Jessica; Schreibman, Laura – Grantee Submission, 2013
Stimulus overselectivity is widely accepted as a stimulus control abnormality in autism spectrum disorders and subsets of other populations. Previous research has demonstrated a link between both chronological and mental age and overselectivity in typical development. However, the age at which children are developmentally ready to respond to…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Stimuli, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Ypsilanti, Antonia; Grouios, George; Zikouli, Argiro; Hatzinikolaou, Kostantinos – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Williams syndrome (WS) and Down syndrome (DS) are two neurodevelopmental genetically based disorders which exhibit mental retardation with a unique cognitive profile. Naming in individuals with WS and DS has been investigated in several studies, with results indicating that the performance of children with WS and DS is at a similar…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Neurological Impairments, Cognitive Processes, Children