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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? 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 that it often places a heavy burden on sufferers and their families. This Very Short Introduction offers a clear statement on what is currently known about autism and Asperger syndrome. Explaining the vast array of different conditions that hide behind these two labels, and looking at symptoms from the full spectrum of autistic disorders, it explores the possible causes for the apparent rise in autism and also evaluates the links with neuroscience, psychology, brain development, genetics, and environmental causes including MMR and Thimerosal. This VSI also explores the psychology behind social impairment and savantism, and sheds light on what it is like to live inside the mind of the sufferer
Theo Peeters es el fundador del Center for Training Professionals in Autism (Centro para la formación de profesionales en autismo), creado en Amberes en 1980. Durante las últimas tres décadas, en varios países europeos, él y su equipo han sido responsables de la enseñanza y la formación en este ámbito [...]
ver másEste libro ofrece a las familias una guía sencilla que les oriente y ayude a mejorar aspectos principalmente relacionados con la autonomía de sus hijos.
Partiendo de sus preocupaciones, de sus dudas e inquietudes a la hora de enfrentarse a situaciones cotidianas, hemos incluido en el ibro PROGRAMAS ESPECÍFICOS para abordar [...]