Author Toney Allman offers young readers and researchers a means of understanding autism and its ramifications. Careful explanations offer insight into what autism is, what causes it, how people live with it, and the latest information about treatment and prevention. An enthralling chapter explains medicine's continued endeavors to find a cure.

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Laura Schreibman

Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Cengage Gale

Diseases and disorders series, Detroit, Mich, ©2010

United States, United States of America

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Master Greenhaven, [N.p.], 2010

FR, 2009

до 2011-01

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Foreword - "The Most Difficult Puzzles Ever Devised"......Page 7
Introduction - Mysterious Autism......Page 9
1. Faces of Autism......Page 12
Autism Is a Developmental Disorder......Page 14
Social Problems......Page 15
Communication......Page 17
Repetitive Behavior and Narrow Interests......Page 19
Sensory Problems......Page 20
Additional Problems in Autism......Page 22
Each One Different......Page 23
The Diagnostic Manual......Page 24
Autistic Disorder......Page 26
Rett’s Disorder......Page 28
Asperger’s Disorder......Page 29
PDD-NOS......Page 31
Diagnosing ASD......Page 32
Listening to the Parents......Page 33
Assessing the Likelihood of Autism......Page 34
The Importance of Correct Diagnosis......Page 37
This Is Your Brain on Autism......Page 38
White Matter Misconnections......Page 39
Brain Functions......Page 40
Different Wiring, Different Thinking......Page 42
Fear Connections......Page 44
Faulty Social Brains......Page 45
Genes and Brain Development......Page 47
The Environment and Brain Development......Page 49
Both Genes and Environment Matter......Page 51
Early Treatment, but What Kind?......Page 52
Applied Behavior Analysis......Page 54
ABA and Jake......Page 55
DIR/Floortime......Page 57
Climbing the Developmental Ladder in Baby Steps......Page 58
Joining the Real World......Page 59
Alternative Treatments: Healing Sickness......Page 61
Too Many Success Stories to Ignore......Page 64
The Nonsensical, Terrifying World......Page 66
A Creative, Unique Solution......Page 69
Coping Tricks Are Good......Page 70
When “Normal” Is Not an Option......Page 72
Beloved Brother......Page 74
Toward a Better Autistic Life......Page 76
Autism Speaks......Page 78
TheM.I.N.D. Institute Searches for Causes......Page 80
Attacked Before Birth?......Page 82
Baby Behavior for Diagnosis......Page 83
Toward Evidence of What Works......Page 85
Rejecting All Cures......Page 87
Who Is Right?......Page 90
Notes......Page 91
Glossary......Page 96
Organizations to Contact......Page 98
For FurtherReading......Page 100
Index......Page 102
About theAuthor......Page 105

<p>The ailments and conditions that afflict people today can be confusing, disturbing, and painful-both emotionally and physically. The Diseases and Disorders series provides clear, careful, explanations that offer readers and researchers insight into what these conditions are, what causes them, how people live with them, and the latest information about treatment and prevention. All volumes in the series include primary and secondary quotations, annotated bibliographies, detailed indexes, and lists of organizations to contact for additional information.</p>

Autism can be confusing, disturbing, and painful both emotionally and physically. This book provides an explanation of autism that offers insight into what this condition is, what causes it, how people live with it, and the latest information about treatment and prevention

Mysterious autism
Faces of autism
Diagnosis on the autism spectrum
What causes ASDS?
Treatments and therapies
Living with an ASD
The search for a cure.

Explores autism in detail, covering its diagnosis, treatments and therapies, and medical advances

2011-06-04