Advances in autism research Page 1 148 Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2005,
47: 148–148 (2) In syndromic autism, there is a clinical debate about what percentage of …

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social-emotional
functioning, atypical language and communication, and stereotypy (unusually restricted …

Autism has been classified as a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), with
abnormalities in verbal and non‐verbal communication, and social interaction …

The last decade has seen an enormous growth in the quantity of research directed at
understanding the biological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorders. This increase has …

As a division of the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at ChapeI Hili,
TEACCH has always been involved in the latest biological research on autism and related …

This book presents the latest research in the battle against autism. According to numerous
news reports, the increase in special needs children has reached epidemic proportions …

Autism is an emerging area of basic and clinical research, and has only recently been
recognized as a major topic in biomedical research. Approximately 1 in 150 children are …

Since the initial psychological report by Leo Kanner in 1943, relatively little formal
biochemical/neurological research on the cause of autism, other than peripheral searches …

The paper uses both the author's experience of research training, and the empirical studies
of autism in which he participated over the last 40-plus years, to derive research lessons and …

1Authors listed served as reporters for the larger Autism Working Group. A reporter wrote the
first draft of each individual section. Additional comments, and, in some cases, alternate …