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Research in AS
and outcome literature, 107
outcome study (case examples),
108–111
and terminology, 14
Rett’s disorder, 11, 14
Rituals, 2, 32
case example, 5
distinguishing features of, 31
impact on families, 10
and learning routines (case example),
111
and the theater, 56
verbal, 55
Roumanian orphanages and autism
reports, 182
Rutter, Michael, 12
Ryman, Robert, 42
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Sameness (insistence on), 31
in adults with Alzheimer’s disease,
38–39
artistic expression of (case example),
42–43
and fear of death (case example),
52–53
and nostalgia, 54,56
resistance to change, 33, 50
restricted interests and preoccupations,
31–32
See also Rituals
Savants, 36–37
School programs
experience with AS, 163–164
“generic” special needs programs,
150
mainstreaming issues, 151, 158–
159
suspension issues and case examples,
153–154, 156, 161,
181
Social interaction and communication
strategies for adults with AS
(case example), 63–64
teaching TOM, 75–76
Social interaction and communication
strategies for children with AS,
5, 92–94
exploiting common interests, 33, 93
lack of research, 92
and level of development, 95
parameters of conversation, 93
positive relationship development
(case example), 24
and spontaneity, 41
treatment plan development (case
example), 22–23
visual format for social stories, 75
See also Behaviorally based interventions;
Developmentally based
interventions
Social reciprocity (development of), 66–67.
See also Theory of mind (TOM)
Social reciprocity impairments, 6
versus desire for social interaction,
68–69
and family relationships, 7–8, 25
intuition deficit (case example), 71
See also “Mindblind”
Solitary interests, 6
Special gifts/different worldview, 3, 61,
103–104
artistic expression of, 42–43
attraction to intimate architecture of
the world, 37
changing perspective to see other
world view, 91–92, 155–156
and curse, 56
emotions as pictures, 61, 65
incongruity of development, 102–103
and savants, 36–37
symptom versus impairment, 74
transformative aspects of understanding,
26
understanding and family relationships
(case examples), 3–4, 23–24
understanding without metaphors,
15, 43, 86–88
value of unique perceptions, 24–25
visual learning capacity, 163
See also AS and high functioning
people