Autism The Facts

Name: Autism The Facts
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ISBN: 9780192623270

ISBN-10: 0192623273

ISBN-13: 9780192623270

Edition: 1993

Authors: Simon Baron-Cohen, Patrick Bolton

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Coping with a diagnosis of autism can be a troubling and confusing experience for parents. Ignorance of this bewildering disorder can provoke difficult decision-making for parents and physicians alike. What causes autism? What happens to children with autism when they grow up? Does autism run in families? What kind of educational setting is best? In this accessible, comprehensive book, the authors have discovered the questions on the minds of parents and professionals, and have attempted to answer them. Autism is a puzzling disorder. It begins in early childhood, and disrupts many aspects of development, leaving the child unable to form social relationships or communicate in the usual way.…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/8/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 124
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English




Introducing two children with autism



How the diagnosis is made



Coping with the news



What causes autism



The brain



Psychological problems



Intelligence and special talents



Education: what can be done?



Other therapies



Medical treatments



Adolescence and adulthood



International societies and associations for children and adults with autism



Two systems used by psychiatrists for diagnosing autism



Some examples of behaviour therapy for specific problems Recommended further reading


Glossary


Index