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Early Social Development in Autism

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Preschool Issues in Autism

Part of the book series: Current Issues in Autism ((CIAM))

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Social deficits may be the most long-lasting and handicapping aspects of autism (Park, 1986; Rumsey, Rapoport, & Sceery, 1985), but they are also the least well-documented in research. More encouraging, however, is that research on social deficits has increased significantly in the last 5 years, and, as it accumulates, we have had access to many vivid and remarkably similar clinical examples of the social difficulties of autistic people (Kanner, 1943; Wing, 1976). DSM-III-R, the diagnostic system in greatest current use in North America (American Psychiatric Association, 1987), in fact, consists of these examples supporting a very broad statement about a qualitative social deficit. However, to date, no comprehensive theory has been proposed that attempts to account for these examples over the course of development, although more specific accounts have been put forward (Frith, 1989; Hobson, in press).

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Lord, C. (1993). Early Social Development in Autism. In: Schopler, E., van Bourgondien, M.E., Bristol, M.M. (eds) Preschool Issues in Autism. Current Issues in Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2441-4_4

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