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For purposes of this chapter, the three developmental disorders of autism, mental retardation, and specific language impairment will be defined as follows:
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Swisher, L., Demetras, M.J. (1985). The Expressive Language Characteristics of Autistic Children Compared with Mentally Retarded or Specific Language-Impaired Children. In: Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B. (eds) Communication Problems in Autism. Current Issues in Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4806-2_9
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