Autism: Explaining the Enigma - Softcover

Frith, Uta

4.06

266 ratings by Goodreads

9780631168249: Autism: Explaining the Enigma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631168249 ISBN 13: 9780631168249

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1991

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

The updated edition of this classic account of autism includes a new chapter outlining recent developments in neuropsychological research and reviews the growing body of work on the neurophysiological basis of autism.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Back Cover:

Although a number of theories have been put forward to explain the origin and nature of autism, most of them are associated with particular treatments. This book represents the first satisfactory account of what happens to the autistic mind.

The key problem, according to Uta Frith is an inability to integrate pieces of information into coherent wholes, an ability to make sense particularly of the mind's own activities, thoughts, beliefs and feelings. From this beginning, the language, social and emotional problems all follow as the complex interactions of human development unfold. Some puzzles remain, but the reader will leave this book with the feeling that he or she is no longer floundering.

About the Author:

Uta Frith is Professor of Cognitive Development at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College, London. She is the co-author of ‘Autism in History' (Blackwell Publishers, 1999).

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.