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Download full textGindis, Boris – International Journal of Special Education, 2008
"Institutional autism" is understood as a "learned behavior" produced by an institutional environment such as an orphanage. Some autistic-like behaviors may be adaptive in an institution, but become mal-adaptive after the child's adoption into a family. A differential diagnosis between autism as a medical condition and learned…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Autism, Institutional Environment, Adoption
