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Neuropsychological Aspects of Pervasive Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology

Autism is a complex pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) associated with substantial impairments in terms of social deficits, communication abnormalities, stereotypical and repetitive behaviors, and a wide range of clinical presentations (Cody, Pelphry, & Piven, 2002).

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Bade-White, P.A., Obrzut, J.E., Randall, P.P. (2009). Neuropsychological Aspects of Pervasive Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: Reynolds, C.R., Fletcher-Janzen, E. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78867-8_31

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