“…While many authors have asserted that the language development of autistic children is clearly different from that of normal children DeHirsch, 1967;Kanner, 1943;Menyuk, 1979;Rutter, 1970Rutter, , 1979Weiner, 1969), some have contended that it represents a developmental lag (Churchill, 1972;DeMyer, 1975).…”