• Includes Key Points boxes at the start of each chapter to quickly summarise important concepts covered in text
• Case Histories and Patient Perspectives provide practical examples throughout the text
• Myth and Fact boxes highlight common misunderstandings and interesting facts about the condition
• Includes a useful Resources section with suggested further reading and contact information for patient self-help/support groups, along with a glossary of technical terms

Readership: Parents of children with autism or Asperger Syndrome. Also of interest to general practitioners, therapists, social workers, students of psychology, medicine, psychiatry, and teachers.

Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Director, Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

"This is an excellent and engaging book, providing an up-to-date and remarkably comprehensive source of knowledge and practical information on autism and Asperger syndrome." - Richard Mills, Director of Research, Research Autism, Communication

1: Meeting two people on the autistic spectrum
2: The changing prevalence of autism through history
3: Measuring the autistic spectrum
4: Making the diagnosis
5: The psychology of autism and Asperger Syndrome
6: The biology of autism and Asperger Syndrome
7: Intervention, education and treatment
8: Appendix 1: The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ): adult version