"Institutional Autism" in Children Adopted Internationally: Myth or Reality?

Autor/in	Gindis, Boris
Titel	"Institutional Autism" in Children Adopted Internationally: Myth or Reality?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Special Education, 23 (2008) 3, S.118-123 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0827-3383
Schlagwörter	Language Skill Attrition; Autism; Institutional Environment; Adoption; Institutionalized Persons; Antisocial Behavior; Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Clinical Diagnosis; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Romania; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverfall; Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Rumänien; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	"Institutional autism" is understood as a "learned behavior" produced by an institutional environment such as an orphanage. Some autistic-like behaviors may be adaptive in an institution, but become mal-adaptive after the child's adoption into a family. A differential diagnosis between autism as a medical condition and learned autistic-like post-institutional behaviors is to be made. A conclusion is drawn that "institutional autism" is merely a description of certain patterns of post-institutionalized behavior that may appear similar to what is observed in children with autism. Abrupt native language attrition, typical for the majority of international adoptees, could contribute to "autistic-like" behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10