Children Apart [microform] : Autistic Children and Their Families [Reprint] / Lorna Wing.

The booklet, written by a parent and psychiatrist, provides basic information on autistic children and their families. Introductory sections touch on the history of the condition, its incidence, and its associated learning problems. Subsequent sections address the following topics: signs and symptom...

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Main Author: Wing, Lorna
Corporate Author: National Society for Children and Adults with Autism
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1974.
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Summary:The booklet, written by a parent and psychiatrist, provides basic information on autistic children and their families. Introductory sections touch on the history of the condition, its incidence, and its associated learning problems. Subsequent sections address the following topics: signs and symptoms, basic handicaps, behavior problems (such as resistance to change and lack of ability to play), differential diagnosis, causes, parents' problems, solutions (education, operant conditioning), and the role of the National Society for Autistic Children, Inc. (CL)
Item Description:Availability: NSAC Bookstore, National Society for Children and Adults with Autism, Suite 1017, 1234 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20005-4599 ($1.00).
ERIC Note: 1982 edition. Several pages will reproduce marginally because they contain light print.
ERIC Document Number: ED253003.
Physical Description:24 p.
Audience:Parents.
Reproduction Note:Microfiche.
Action Note:committed to retain