Name: Autism: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780199207565

Autism: A Very Short Introduction

Uta Frith

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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.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

Book Details

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish Date: Nov 15th, 2008
Pages: 144
Language: English
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Dimensions: 6.80in - 4.30in - 0.40in - 0.25lb
EAN: 9780199207565
Categories: • Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders• Pediatrics• Developmental - General

About the Author

Uta Frith is Professor of Cognitive Development at University College London and Deputy Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. She is the author of many articles and books, including Autism: Explaining the Enigma; Autism and Asperger Syndrome; and Autism in History: The Case of Hugh Blair of Borgue (with Rab Houston).

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What people are saying

Robert

@Rob_Quantum

2 years

Software engineer from Melbourne. And I do maths and physics.

Finished reading "Autism in History" by Rab Houston and Uta Frith (2000). Mainly using court documents, the authors diagnose #autism in a man who lived 300 years ago. They show that it might be possible to "recognize autism despite vast differences in culture". #psychiatry https://t.co/XPavbPqzcF

Steve Silberman is a science writer.

Thrilled to see that my history of #autism and #neurodiversity, #NeuroTribes, is the autism book that appears on most Amazon wishlists, alongside @Bprizant1e's great "Uniquely Human." Throw in a copy of @EricMGarcia's superb "We're Not Broken" too! https://www.amazon.com/Neurotribes-Legacy-Autism-Future-Neurodiversity/dp/0399185615/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1440782481&sr=1-1 https://t.co/5nN964JYjz

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What people are saying

Robert

@Rob_Quantum

2 years

Software engineer from Melbourne. And I do maths and physics.

Steve Silberman is a science writer.

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