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Autism: Explaining the Enigma (Cognitive Development)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.928982
EAN: 9780631229018
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0631229019
Label: Wiley-Blackwell
Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: April 25, 2003
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Studio: Wiley-Blackwell
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Editorial Review:
The updated edition of this classic account of autism includes a new chapter outlining recent developments in neuropsychological research, and overviews one of the most important theoretical and practical consequences of Frith's original insights into this puzzling condition.
- Updated edition of this classic account of autism.
- Includes new sections covering practical and theoretical developments, and a chapter on recent investigations of the neurological basis of psychological impairments in autism.
- Accessible to a broad general readership.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A most important book on autism (but not a self help manual)
I got interested in autism/Asperger's in 2003 after hearing an NPR interview on Autism (i.e. the growing rates of autism in Silicon Valley and Sacramento). I realized that Asperger's Syndrome must have been what was wrong with a manager I worked for a few years earlier at a major aerospace company (up until this point I thought he was just a jerk with a PhD). I then read a couple of articles in Wired magazine on the Geek Syndrome which really motivated me to do some extensive reading on the subject. ... Read More
Rating:  - A Parent's Opinion...
This book is a tough read. As other reviewers have mentioned, it is really information-rich, but many of the research based theories are hard to connect. I am a fairly well educated person in general, but it was a little tough to follow at times.
Also, as a parent of a young child recently diagnosed with ASD, this book is difficult to read if someone you love has autism. It mainly focuses on what autistic kids CAN'T do, and doesn't offer much in the way of what treatments the author thinks ... Read More
Rating: - Oversimplified cognitive theory of autism
This book, while it starts off going into historical tangents, showcases Uta Frith's cognitive theory of autism as a central coherence deficit. That is an inability to draw together information into a coherent whole. The author bases this on what seems to me more like a difficulty processing a lot of information at once, which seems to ignore a relatively common autistic ability to do more holistic processing in a delayed manner. She also supports this theory by pointing out differences in the way autistic ... Read More
Rating: - Great primary source for research purposes
This is a book for researchers primarily. It introduces Frith's theory of weak central coherence as an underlying mechanism in autism. The theory runs (in a nutshell) that autistic individuals do not exhibit context appropriate responses to situation, events, etc. Relevance theory (cf. Sperber & Wilson) oils the wheels of Frith's theory.
The book opens with a long exegesis on a historical case and performs more than a bit of post mortem diagnosis. Such rational reconstructions of the past can be either ... Read More
Rating: - Highly informative
This book explains very clearly what autism is and what it isnýt. The book reads almost like a detective story as Frith guides the reader gradually into building an understanding of the nature of autism. She begins by simultaneously attacking the questions of how long autism has been affecting humans and whether bad parenting causes autism by reviewing the literature concerning wild or neglected children. She notes that some of the famous cases of wild children, such as the wild boy of Aveyron were probably autistic, ... Read More
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