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Peer reviewedRapin, Isabelle – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
A reaction to Sowell's book raises issues about behaviorally based diagnoses, stressing that developmental disorders are behaviorally defined dimensions along a continuum with no crisp partition between normalcy and disorders. It sees developmental disorders as usually the expression of extremely complex, multigenic influences on brain…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Identification
Peer reviewedCesaroni, Laura; Garber, Malcolm – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Two firsthand accounts from verbal high-functioning individuals with autism (a 27-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy and his parents) are presented. Five salient themes are identified: sensory processing, memory, stereotypical behaviors, social interaction, and empathy. Multichanneled sensory processing appeared in both subjects as did a detailed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Attitudes, Autism
