Understanding the Nature of Autism and Asperger's Disorder: Forty Years of Clinical Practice and Pioneering Research

by Edward R. Ritvo, Tony Attwood, Edward R Ritvo

Book Overview

Edward R. Ritvo md is an internationally recognized medical expert, researcher and pioneer in the field of autism and Asperger's disorder and co-author of the official diagnostic criteria in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Much of what is known about these disorders today is based on his painstaking research and groundbreaking discoveries. In this book he shares his forty years' experience and opens his extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843108143
• ISBN13: 9781843108146
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"