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Susan L Hepburn1, Eric J Moody1.
Abstract
Assessing symptoms of autism in persons with known genetic syndromes associated with intellectual and/or developmental disability is a complex clinical endeavor. We suggest that a developmental approach to evaluation is essential to reliably teasing apart global impairments from autism-specific symptomology. In this chapter, we discuss our assumptions about autism spectrum disorders, the process of conducting a family-focused, comprehensive evaluation with behaviorally complex children and some implications for intervention in persons with co-occurring autism and known genetic syndromes.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 26269783 PMCID: PMC4530973 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374478-4.00009-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Rev Res Dev Disabil ISSN: 2211-6095