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206 Index
D
Developmentally based interventions,
76–77
Disintigrative disorder of childhood,
11, 13, 117
Distraction
and anxiety, 56–57
and treatment, 57–58
E
Early interventions, 140
benefits of, 105–106, 120, 135
Echolalia, 138
Embedded Figures Test, 39
Executive function deficits, 40
attention shifts, 40
and spontaneous novel response
generation, 41
F
Family relationships and AS, 7–8
as advocates for understanding/
acceptance, 90, 113, 138, 149,
164
confusion about behavior (case
example), 21
confusion about interpretations,
129–130
difficulties in recognizing behavior
meaning, 33, 137–138
impact of impaired social use of language,
55
impact of rituals, 10
inferences from behavior (case
examples), 89–90
and knowledge of AS, 22
misconceptions about diagnosis, 81–
82
parental guilt feelings, 21, 131, 151,
181
and perception of accomplishments,
106, 185
search for AS like traits, 123
sibling conflicts, 151
strategies to cope with repetitive
behavior (case example), 46
understanding new perspectives, 25,
136–137, 183
See also Special gifts/different world
view
Fragile X syndrome and autism, 120
Frith, Uta, 39
G
Genetics
and AS, 62, 77, 84, 121, 131
and future treatments, 132
mutation and PDDs, 14
and social impairment of parents
theory, 127–128
unexplained findings, 121–122
Genius of Earlswood, 36
Gerland, Gunilla, 63
Grandin, Temple, 61, 63, 65
Grey, Carol, 75
H
Happe, Francesca, 39
Havelkova, Dr. Milada, 107
I–J
Itard, early description of autism, 133
“Junk” science, 127
versus good science, 129–130
K
Kanner, Leo, 11, 31, 50, 83, 105, 127
Kolvin, Israel, 12
L
Language
and AS, 83
and autism, 3, 6, 83–84
conversation lacking common linguistic
devices (case example),
84–85