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Conti-Ramsden, Gina; Durkin, Kevin; Walker, Allan J. – Computers & Education, 2010
Individuals who are anxious about computers may be at a disadvantage in their learning. This investigation focused on the use of home computers for educational purposes. It compared computer anxiety in adolescents with and without a history of special needs related to language difficulties. Participants were 55 17-year-olds with specific language…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Language Impairments, Language Aptitude, Anxiety
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Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.; Watt, Helen J.; Line, E. A.; Bishop, Dorothy V. M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: The few studies that have tracked children with developmental language disorder to adulthood have found that these individuals experience considerable difficulties with psychosocial adjustment (for example, academic, vocational and social aptitude). Evidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised…
Descriptors: Autism, Language Impairments, Children, Young Adults