Communication and Language Acquisition

Presenting and analyzing the results of their research on young children with autism, hearing impairments, mental retardation, Williams syndrome, and other disabilities, the authors of this book reveal what they've discovered about atypical language development and communication and language acquisition in general. With this resource, readers will learn how language development patterns in children with disabilities expose developmental variations that help to identify and sequence the steps of typical development. The inspired combination of theory, research, and practice makes this book an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of language development.