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RR 2011/375 Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Reference Handbook Raphael Bernier and Jennifer Gerdts ABC-Clio Santa Barbara, CA and Oxford 2010 xxi + 324 pp. ISBN 978 1 59884 334 7 (hbck); ISBN 978 1 59884 335 4 (e-book) £37.95 $60
Contemporary World Issues
Keywords Guides and handbooks, Medical conditions, Mental illness
Review DOI 10.1108/09504121111184453
In the preface to this American publication on the topical subject of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), the authors state that the book "is designed to provide an overview of ASD for readers interested in learning more about the disorder [. . .]". It will certainly do that for American readers but will be of less relevance to the British market having been written by two Americans and containing data relating mainly to the US. The authors are a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Washington University and a PhD student at the same university.
This book is part of the extensive Contemporary World Issues series by ABC-Clio and follows a set pattern in layout. In this volume the order does not allow the text to flow as...