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Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism?

✍ Scribed by Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov (auth.), Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov, Linda J. Kunce (eds.)


Publisher
Springer US
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Leaves
409
Series
Current Issues in Autism
Edition
1
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


".....clearly written discussions of diagnosis, phenomenology, and interventions in autistic spectrum disorders..........Fascinating accounts of HFA and AS give some access to the unusual subjective worlds of people affected by these disorders."
(A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, (March 1999)
"This is a book that should be in medical libraries, and on the shelves of many child and adolescent psychiatrics. "
(Canadian Child Psychiatry Review, 10:3 (2001)

✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-9
The History of Asperger Syndrome....Pages 11-28
Subtyping Pervasive Developmental Disorder....Pages 29-60
Differential Diagnosis of Asperger Disorder....Pages 61-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
High-Functioning People with Autism and Asperger Syndrome....Pages 79-106
Asperger Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities....Pages 107-121
Schizoid Personality in Childhood....Pages 123-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Neurobiology of Asperger Syndrome....Pages 145-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations with Students with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism....Pages 167-198
Language and Communication in High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome....Pages 199-225
Educational Approaches to High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome....Pages 227-261
Assessment and Remediation of Executive Dysfunction in Autism and Asperger Syndrome....Pages 263-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Repetitive Thoughts and Behavior in Pervasive Developmental Disorders....Pages 293-316
Learning Characteristics of Individuals with Asperger Syndrome....Pages 317-342
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
A Personal Account of Autism....Pages 345-356
An Essay of Faith, Perserverance, and Hard Work....Pages 357-361
How Fate Taught Me the Violin....Pages 363-365
How the Diagnosis of Asperger’s Has Influenced My Life....Pages 367-376
Autistic and Undiagnosed....Pages 377-382
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Premature Popularization of Asperger Syndrome....Pages 385-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-409

✦ Subjects


Child and School Psychology; Psychiatry; Public Health


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