The autistic spectrum : characteristics, causes, and practical issues /: characteristics, causes, and practical issues. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jill Boucher.
• Other Names: Boucher, Jill
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (424 pages)
• Subjects: 616.85882; Autism; Autistic Disorder; Autisme
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446245491; 1446245497
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.