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The autistic spectrum : characteristics, causes, and practical issues /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
SAGE,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- The subtypes model of autism : concept and definitions
- The spectrum model of autism : concept and definitions
- Filling in the picture : from conformity to diversity
- Facts and figures : epidemiology and lifespan development
- What is autism? Personal view
- A framework for explaining autism
- First causes and brain bases
- Explaining the social, emotional, and communication impairments
- Explaining the repetitive behaviours and lack of imaginative creativity
- Explaining other universal or common behavioural characteristics
- Explaining autism as a whole : attempts at a synthesis
- What causes autism : personal view
- Assessment, diagnosis and screening
- Intervention
- Care.