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Autism & Developmental Language Impairments (ADLI) is peer-reviewed, open access journal, which focusses on helping shape research in the growing field of developmental communication disorders. View full journal description

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Exploring the Relationship of Autism Spectrum Disorder Characteristics and Sleep Disturbances

  • Stacy Miner
  • Molly McVoy
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Investigating Morphosyntactic Patterns and Phonological Memory in Children With ASD and DLD

  • Yehudit Baranes
  • Osnat Segal
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Expressive Language Development in an Autistic Bimodal Bilingual Child: A 10-Year Case Study

  • Aaron Shield
  • Kristina Cardamone
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Minimally-Signing Autism in Deaf Children of Deaf Parents: A Case Series

  • Aaron Shield
  • Greta Parnes
  • Karen Chenausky
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Strategies in supporting inclusive education for autistic students—A systematic review of qualitative research results

  • Linda Petersson-Bloom
  • Mona Holmqvist
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Natural language acquisition and gestalt language processing: A critical analysis of their application to autism and speech language therapy*

  • Tiffany L Hutchins
  • Sophie E Knox
  • E Cheryl Fletcher
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Play-based interventions to support social and communication development in autistic children aged 2–8 years: A scoping review

  • Jenny L Gibson
  • Emma Pritchard
  • Carmen de Lemos
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A systematic review of the academic achievement of primary and secondary school-aged students with developmental language disorder

  • Shaun Ziegenfusz
  • Jessica Paynter
  • Beverley Flückiger
  • Marleen F Westerveld
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Natural language acquisition and gestalt language processing: A critical analysis of their application to autism and speech language therapy*

  • Tiffany L Hutchins
  • Sophie E Knox
  • E Cheryl Fletcher
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Frequency and characteristics of echoes and self-repetitions in minimally verbal and verbally fluent autistic individuals

  • Pauline Maes
  • Chelsea La Valle
  • Helen Tager-Flusberg
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The suitability and acceptability of a co-designed prototype psychoeducational activity book for autistic children aged five-eleven years

  • Lauren Powell
  • Gemma Wheeler
  • Chris Redford
  • Jonathan Stott
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The diversity of speech-perception difficulties among autistic individuals

  • George J Bendo
  • Alexandra Sturrock
  • Graham Hanks
  • Christopher J Plack
  • Emma Gowen
  • Hannah Guest
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