Editorial: Change of journal scope and title

Conclusion

In order to stimulate more flexible research strategies, the title and scope of the journal have been broadened to include a wider range of developmental disorders related to autism. This carefully circumscribed broadening is also intended to clarify the developmental factors that shape the autistic symptom picture. By focusing on all types of issues within a wide span of developmental problems it is hoped that there may be a greater clarification of both the similarities and the differences between the various disorders that delay or distort the developmental process. We hope, too, that it will lead to greater knowledge on the various connections between physical anomalies of development and their psychosocial and behavioral sequelae.