Autism spectrum disorders: a reference handbook

This handbook provides an overview of the current scientific understanding of autism spectrum disorders, as well as a cultural and historical perspective on the controversies that plague the field.

- Presents diagnostic criteria from the American Psychiatric Association manual

- Contains quotations and excerpts from scientific literature and text from court proceedings related to the Vaccine Injury Program

- Includes a chronology of important events in the field of autism, beginning in 1910 when the word "autism" was first used

- 12 charts, figures, and graphs illustrate autism diagnosis, neuroscience, treatment, prevalence, and cultural factors

- Includes reference bibliographies at the end of each chapter, as well as a chapter of annotated print and nonprint resources related to autism