4. The Acquisition of Sign Language by Deaf Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Foreword xiii
5. Preface xv
6. 1. Considering Communication Disorders and Differences in the Signed Language Modality 1
7. Part 1: Developmental Language Disorders in the Signed Modality
8. 2. Profiling SLI in Deaf Children who are Sign Language Users 45
9. 3. A Case-study Approach to Investigating Developmental Signed Language Disorders 70
10. 4. The Acquisition of Sign Language by Deaf Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 90
11. 5. Mapping Out Guidelines for the Development and Use of Sign Language Assessments: Some Critical Issues, Comments and Suggestions 123
12. Part 2: Fluency Disorders, Neurogenics and Acquired Communication Disorders
13. 6. A Review of Stuttering in Signed Languages 142
14. 7. Sign Dysarthria: A Speech Disorder in Signed Language 161
15. 8. The Influence of Dementia on Language in a Signing Population 185
16. Part 3: Hearing Children from Signing Households
17. 9. KODAs: A Special Form of Bilingualism 209
18. 10. Language Development in ASL–English Bimodal Bilinguals 233
19. Index 259