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Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism?

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Eric Schopler

    1. Division TEACCH, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

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  2. Gary B. Mesibov

    1. Division TEACCH, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

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  3. Linda J. Kunce

    1. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Issues in Autism (CIAM)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov
      Pages 3-9

    3. The History of Asperger Syndrome

      • Lorna Wing
      Pages 11-28

    4. Subtyping Pervasive Developmental Disorder

      • John C. Pomeroy
      Pages 29-60

    5. Differential Diagnosis of Asperger Disorder

      • Peter Szatmari
      Pages 61-76

  3. Diagnostic and Assessment Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. High-Functioning People with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

      • Christopher Gillberg, Stephan Ehlers
      Pages 79-106

    3. Asperger Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

      • Fred R. Volkmar, Ami Klin
      Pages 107-121

    4. Schizoid Personality in Childhood

      • Sula Wolff
      Pages 123-142

  4. Neuropsychological Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Neurobiology of Asperger Syndrome

      • Alan Lincoln, Eric Courchesne, Mark Allen, Ellen Hanson, Michaela Ene
      Pages 145-163

  6. Related Conditions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Repetitive Thoughts and Behavior in Pervasive Developmental Disorders

      • Christopher J. McDougle
      Pages 293-316

    3. Learning Characteristics of Individuals with Asperger Syndrome

      • Stephen R. Hooper, Myra Beth Bundy
      Pages 317-342
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Reviews

".....clearly written discussions of diagnosis, phenomenology, and interventions in autistic spectrum disorders..........Fascinating accounts of HFA and AS give some access to the unusual subjective worlds of people affected by these disorders."
(A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, (March 1999)
"This is a book that should be in medical libraries, and on the shelves of many child and adolescent psychiatrics. "
(Canadian Child Psychiatry Review, 10:3 (2001)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division TEACCH, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

    Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov

  • Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, USA

    Linda J. Kunce

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism?

  • Editors: Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov, Linda J. Kunce

  • Series Title: Current Issues in Autism

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5369-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45746-3Published: 30 April 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7450-3Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5369-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 409

  • Topics: Child and School Psychology, Psychiatry, Public Health

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