Autism spectrum disorders

This publication by an experienced psychologist provides a comprehensive view of one of the most severe childhood developmental disorders - autism spectrum disorders, which include mainly infantile autism, atypical autism, Asperger's syndrome and disintegrative disorder. The book significantly expands the information of some chapters from the successful interdisciplinary publication Childhood Autism (Portal, 2004) and adds many new thematic areas that are considered to be central to the subject. These include, for example, early diagnosis in practice, differential diagnosis from the perspective of a psychologist, education and therapy, family issues, Forecast, specifics of the development of the disorder, school and social issues. The interpretation is supplemented by numerous case studies, examples of children's drawings and photographs from the author's rich archive.