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Language (continued)
impact of impaired social use of language,
55
“language game,” 81
linguistic tools identification, 94
nonverbal child case example, 148–
149, 158
research on interventions for conversations,
92
See also Nonverbal learning disability
Ludkin, Rick, 98
M
Medication, effects of, 30
Metaphors
development of, 86
false, 86
lack of, 15, 43, 86–88
and meaning, 88
use of, 87–88
“Mindblind,” 65–67
Molloy (Samuel Beckett), 53–54
N
Neurological mechanisms explaining
AS (theories of), 37
executive function deficits, 40–41
local versus global information processing,
39–40
love of perceptual detail secondary to
loneliness theory, 38
as OCD variation, 39
repetitive behavior as anxiety coping
mechanism, 38–39
theory of mind deficit, 42
“New variant autism,” 124
Nonverbal learning disability, 168
O
Obsessions and preoccupations, 2
auditory stimuli preoccupations
(case example), 27–29
death (case example), 44–45
greeting cards (case example), 166–167
lack of social-emotional content, 33
motivational value of, 165–166
reactions to, 34–35
and restricted interests, 31–32
sources of, 33–34
subways (case example), 79–80
treatment of, 35
tropical fish (case example), 167
visual stimuli preoccupations (case
example), 5–6
wasps (case example), 3–4
See also Savants
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD),
30
and AS, 39
treatment of, 35
Oe, Hikari and Kenzaburo, 36–37
Ounsted, Christopher (Kit), 12
P
Parenting skills
mother–infant dysfunctional bonding
theory, 128
and self blame, 4, 136
social perception of, 2
PDD (pervasive developmental disorder),
11, 12
and access to services, 13
PDDNOS (pervasive developmental
disorder not otherwise specified),
2, 11, 13
category history, 12–13
Picture exchange system (PECS), 144
Punishments, 139
R
“Refrigerator mother” model, 128
Repetitions, 30
and coping strategies (case example),
46
“insistence on sameness,” 31
and OCD, 39
repetitive questioning, 54–55, 94
See also Echolalia; Executive function
deficits