All That Matters: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Editor/Author Selfe, Lorna
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Single-User Purchase Price: $14.00
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ISBN: 978-1-44-419297-1
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
Book Status: Available
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This book explains that research over recent years has shown that there is not one such thing as autism but in fact a variety of autistic spectrum disorders. This accessible and readable book gives a fascinating introduction to the autistic spectrum - and what matters most about it.

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1 Towards an understanding of autism
  • 2 History and definitions of ASD
  • 3 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
  • 4 The assessment and diagnosis of ASD
  • 5 Introduction to interventions and treatment in ASD (Levels 1–3)
  • 6 Interventions in ASD (Level 3 – Severe)
  • 7 Interventions in ASD (Level 2)
  • 8 Interventions in ASD (Level 1 – Mild)
  • 9 The causes of ASD
  • 10 Theories about the effects of autism on thinking
  • 11 Conclusions
  • 100 Ideas
  • Further reading
  • Acknowledgements