Autism : a very short introduction

By:

Frith, Uta

Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xii, 129pISBN:

9780199207565

Subject(s):

Autism

NLM classification:

WM 203.5.

Summary: What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? It explores the relevance to autism of neuroscience, psychology, brain development, and genetics. Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public imagination through films and novels portraying individuals with baffling combinations of disability and extraordinary talent, and yet the reality is more often that it places a heavy burden on sufferers and their families.

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Book	Hirson Library (St Helier) Shelves	WM 203.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	006233
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WM 203.5 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	023483
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WM 203.5 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	024618
Book	Whittington Health Library Shelves	WM 203.5 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	07293747

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What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? It explores the relevance to autism of neuroscience, psychology, brain development, and genetics. Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public imagination through films and novels portraying individuals with baffling combinations of disability and extraordinary talent, and yet the reality is more often that it places a heavy burden on sufferers and their families.

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