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| Autism | 1 |
| Handicapped Children | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Language Handicaps | 1 |
| Manual Communication | 1 |
| Psychosis | 1 |
| Sign Language | 1 |
| Special Education | 1 |
| Speech Communication | 1 |
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| Sign Language Studies | 1 |
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| Schaeffer, Benson | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSchaeffer, Benson; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1977
A discussion of techniques developed to foster spontaneous verbal language in autistic children. Signed speech refers to the simultaneous production of signs and speech. After several months of this, the signs are faded out and the verbal language remaining is employed in a creative fashion. (AMH)
Descriptors: Autism, Handicapped Children, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
