Contents: History, definition, and assessment
Autism and its characteristics
Theories of autism / with Kathleen J. Kolberg
Toward a developmental theory of autism
Educational and biomedical interventions / with Kathleen J. Kolberg
Family stress and coping / with Julie Lounds
Recommendations to parents, therapists/educators, researchers and social policy makers.#
The development of autism : a self-regulatory perspective by Thomas L. Whitman. ISBN 184310735x. Published by Jessica Kingsley in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.