Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Causal Mechanisms and Recent Findings on Attention and Emotion

Autor/inn/en	Bryson, Susan E.; Landry, Reginald; Czapinski, Patrycja; McConnell, Beth; Rombough, Vicki; Wainwright, Ann
Titel	Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Causal Mechanisms and Recent Findings on Attention and Emotion
Quelle	In: International Journal of Special Education, 19 (2004) 1, S.14-22 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0827-3383
Schlagwörter	Autism; Attention; Severity (of Disability); Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Clinical Psychology; Research and Development; Neuropsychology; Nonverbal Communication; Special Education; Emotional Disturbances + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Aufmerksamkeit; Schweregrad; Klinische Psychologie; Forschung und Entwicklung; Neuropsychologie; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Gefühlsstörung
Abstract	This paper provides an overview of selective research on autism. Autism forms part of a spectrum of related developmental disorders that vary in severity. Both their prevalence and severity argue for concerted efforts aimed at improving our understanding and treatment of the many individuals affected. We begin by outlining an important discovery that implicates an early prenatal insult to the developing brain stem in at least some people with autism (hereafter, the thalidomide discovery; Miller & Stromland, 1993). Several lines of evidence consistent with this claim are summarized. We then turn to recent research on early developing mechanisms of attention and emotion in autism. Evidence to be reviewed points to impairment in the disengage function of visual attention, and data are provided on the relationship between disengagement and the regulation of emotional states. Research on emotion focuses on the hypothesis, derived from the thalidomide discovery, that there may be a physical/anatomical basis to the lack of facial expressiveness in autism. We end by discussing the implications of this work for future research and for supporting children and adults with autism. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10