Book Review: Gestalt Language Processing: Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Children with Natural Language Acquisition by Alison Battye

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Battye A (2025) Gestalt Language Processing: Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Children with Natural Language Acquisition. New York: Routledge.

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Higashida N (2021). The Reason I Jump. Sceptre (an imprint of Hodder and Stroughton). London, UK. ISBN: 9781529375701.

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The Neurodiversity Podcast (2025) Episode 261: Gestalt Language Processing. March 6^th 2025 [at 5m24s]. https://neurodiversitypodcast.com/home/2025/3/6/episode-261-gestalt-language-processing.

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