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Revison of: Autism / Francesca Happé. 1995

Includes bibliographical references and index

The history of autism -- Autism at the behavioral level -- Autism at the biological level -- Autism at the cognitive level: what makes a good theory? -- Autism at the cognitive level: primary deficit models -- Autism at the cognitive level: developmental trajectory models -- Autism at the cognitive level: domain-general information processing models -- The impact of cognitive models on autism understanding and practice -- Looking to the future

Sue Fletcher-Watson is Senior Research Fellow at the Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh, and leads the Development/Autism/Research/Technology, or DART, lab group. Shehas beenawarded the British Psychological Society Margaret Donaldson Prize and a certificate of excellence from Autism Rights Group Highland for "amplification and inclusion of autistic voices". Francesca Happâe (FBA FMedSci) is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. She has worked in autism research for over 30 years, was President of the International Society for Autism Research and has been awarded the British Psychological Society Spearman Medal, the Experimental Psychology Society Prize and the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award