Autism Spectrum Disorders (Medical Psychiatry, Volume 24)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: May 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780824707156
Subjects: Psychiatry; Psychiatry - General; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Rehabilitation; Mental Illness; Medical / Psychiatry; Autistic children; Autism in children; Autistic Disorder
First sentence: Leo Kanner's (1) classic description of "autistic disturbances of affective contact," or early infantile autism, suggested that autism was an inborn, congenital disorder in which a child comes into the world lacking the usual motivation for social interaction.