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. 1980 Jun;15(6):64-73.
doi: 10.1080/21548331.1980.11946617.

Autism: definition, diagnosis, and management

E Schopler, J Dalldorf

Autism: definition, diagnosis, and management

E Schopler et al. Hosp Pract. 1980 Jun.

Abstract

Recent investigations have exploded a number of misconceptions about autism. It is not a disease of the upper middle class; nor are parents etiologic agents; the children do not "tune out" but rather they never "tune in"; most important, autism is not childhood schizophrenia, and the diagnostic criteria are discriminating. Management of autism mandates close physician-family-community interactions.

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