Can the World Afford Autistic Spectrum Disorder?

Nonverbal Communication, Asperger Syndrome and the Interbrain

Digby Tantam

Hardback: £18.99 / $29.95

2009, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-694-4, BIC 2: JM JMC VFJD

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Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1: What is Nonverbal Communication, and How Does it Affect Us? 2: What is the Importance of Gaze and Shared Attention? 3: What do People Make of Nonverbal Communication? 4: What is the Evidence that Impaired Nonverbal Communication is the Fundamental Problem in Autistic Spectrum Disorder? 5: Is an Impairment of Nonverbal Communication a Brain Problem? 6: What are the Consequences of Lving with an Impairment in Nonverbal Communication? 7: Nonverbal Communication as a Tool to Understanding and Moving Forward. 8: Can Society Afford People with ASD? Revisited. References. Index.

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Author information

• Digby Tantam

Subject areas

• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• children,
• communication,
• occupational therapy,
• psychiatry,
• psychology,
• special education,
• speech and language pathology,
• speech and language therapy

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