Stephen Camarata

Professor
Vanderbilt University

Stephen Camarata is professor of hearing and speech sciences and of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His expertise includes assessment and treatment of communication skills in children with autism and other developmental differences. He has published more than 100 papers on this topic and is the author of “Late Talking Children: A Symptom or a Stage” and writes for Psychology Today.

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By Marcus A. Banks

14 April 2020

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How to define verbal ability in autistic children

Researchers use a variety of measures and definitions to characterize autistic children who speak few or no words.

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By Marcus A. Banks

14 April 2020 | 5 min read

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