International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, Volume 23
Subtitle: Austism (International Review of Research in Mental Retardation)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: October 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780123662231
Subjects: Clinical psychology; Cognitive theory; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Research & Methodology; Developmental Disabilities; Sociology Of The Mentally And Physically Challenged; Psychology; General; Psychopathology - General; Mental retardation; Autism; Medical-General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Pathological Psychology; Psychology-Research & Methodology; Mental Illness
First sentence: Of the myriad questions that autism poses, diagnosis presents a particular paradox: Here is a disorder, hard-wired in the nervous system, generally present from birth, severely altering the most fundamental aspects of social life and communication, pervasively affecting development, and yet typically not diagnosed before age 4 or 5.