000			01012cam a2200157 4500
999			_c13786 _d13786
008			091109n2008 000 0 eng u
020			_a9780199207565
060			_aWM 203.5.
100	1		_aFrith, Uta
245			_aAutism : _ba very short introduction
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2008
300			_axii, 129p.
520			_aWhat 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.
650		2	_aAutism
942			_n0 _02