By Patricia Howlin
Autism and Asperger Syndrome reviews what's identified approximately adults with autism by way of their social functioning, academic and occupational prestige. Focusing ordinarily at the difficulties skilled through excessive functioning individuals with autism - and people operating with and taking good care of them - the ebook bargains useful methods of facing their problems. each one bankruptcy uses scientific case fabric to demonstrate the categories of difficulties confronted and ways that they're conquer. First-hand money owed from individuals with autism are integrated and hyperlinks with psychiatric sickness in later existence are explored. This up-to-date edition is invaluable to either pros and households with autistic youngsters and has been thoroughly up-to-date to take account of the most recent learn within the box. it is also an extra bankruptcy at the alterations among autism and Asperger syndrome.
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Although it is clear that some individuals with autism do show an increase in problems as they grow older, it is also important to note that in many studies tracing progress from childhood to adulthood the overriding picture is one of improvement over time. This was reported in the early follow-up studies of Rutter and his group, and by Kanner himself, who noted that for some individuals, particularly those who become more aware of their difficulties, mid-adolescence was often a period of ‘remarkable improvement and change’ (Kanner 1973).
1973) also reported a relationship between overall severity of autistic symptoms and later progress. In contrast, Lord and Venter (1992) found no association between prognosis and total number of early symptoms as rated on the ADI. Of greater predictive value were the degree of language abnormality and the level of disruption caused by stereotyped and repetitive behaviours. Tolbert and colleagues (2001) also failed to find any relationship between age of onset of symptoms and later autistic symptomatology.
She travels throughout the world, designing livestock-handling facilities for zoos, farms and ranches. Many of her designs have been developed from the ‘squeeze machines’ that she first began to construct while at school. Although she continues to have difficulties in understanding ordinary social relationships and feelings, describing herself as in many 26 Outcome in autism ways like ‘an anthropologist on Mars’ (Sacks 1993), she has clearly come a long way from her confused, withdrawn, non-communicating early childhood.