Children with Autism

Marian Sigman is Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Lisa Capps was Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.

• 1. What is Autism? 2. Physiological Regulation, Perception, and Cognition in the Early Years 3. Development of Social and Emotional Understanding 4. Language Acquisition and Use 5. Middle Childhood 6. Adolescence 7. Stability of Individual Differences and Prediction over Time 8. In Search of Core Deficits and Causes of Autism 9. Interventions Notes References Index

Sigman and Capps have produced an excellent book...the structure of [which] is very clear...By contrasting the development of children with autism with the development of other children, the significance of the core deficits in autism is revealed. Accounts of the relevant theoretical and empirical work are up to date and the use of clinical vignettes really helps to bring the text to life...The authors' wealth of experience of people with autism, together with real empathy for people with social impairments, is apparent throughout...For the undergraduate or person with limited experience of autism, Children with Autism provides a very interesting account of what autism is. However, I would also...urge my colleagues who work as clinical or educational practitioners with children who have developmental disorders to read this book. Those of us who are continually submerged in the histories and observations of children who develop atypically are at risk of losing the wider developmental perspective, which this book provides for us very eloquently.