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Research by Topic: sign language
Podcast: The Young and the Deaf: the relevance to language development in autism
Published July 13, 2017This week’s podcast includes two important studies which examine early influences of language development. First, we are lucky that Dr. Aaron Shield from Miami University joined to explain why studying children who are deaf and have autism, as well as parents of deaf children, are important for understanding language development. He explores how autism is […]
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