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Index 209
Speech therapy, 92
SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors), and treatment of
OCD, 35
T
Teachers
capitalizing on visual learning
capacity, 163–164, 170
changing to see child’s perspective,
155–156, 171
and family help in reading child’s
mind, 90
power struggle avoidance strategy,
152
and student learning style, 162
and student motivation, 162
and thought experiment, 157
using learning style/strengths (case
examples), 164–165
and varying levels of understanding
of AS, 149, 151, 155, 184
Theory of mind (TOM), 42, 66
alternative causes for lack of, 70
and communication skills, 68
experiments, 67
and gift giving experiences (case
example), 100–101
teaching as coping mechanism, 75–76
Treatment
assessment time as prerequisite, 138
choices, 136
and developmental history, 50
and diagnostic issues, 14, 84
frequently asked questions, 97
goals, 74–75, 112, 138
inferring meaning, 88–89, 171
of isolated symptom (resistance to
change case example), 57–58
and ritual, 55
timing issues and early interventions,
75, 105–106, 120, 135,
139
See also Applied behavioral analysis
(ABA); Behaviorally based
interventions; Developmentally
based interventions; Early
interventions; Social interaction
and communication strategies
for children with AS
Tredgold, Dr. Alfred, 36
Tuberous sclerosis and autism, 120
V
Vaccination–colitis–autism connection
hypothesis, 116–118, 122,
124
W
West End Crèche (Toronto), 107
Williams, Donna, 63
Wiltshire, Stephen, 36
Wing, Lorna, 7, 12
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 81
Woodview Manor, 97–98
World Wide Web. See “Junk” science
versus good science