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Direct linkMacKay, G.; Shaw, A. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2004
Difficulties with figurative language have been highlighted by many researchers and people with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) as a core problem of the condition. However, few tests exist which describe and assess the responses of children with autism to figurative language. This paper reports a study which evaluated figurative language skills…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Skills, Autism, Figurative Language
