A prelimary analysis of cognitive and developmental approaches in autism / Os enfoques cognitivista e desenvolvimentista no autismo: uma análise preliminar

The diversity of clinical pictures and different theoretical approaches may explain the blurred boundaries of the concept of autism. Since Kanner, autism has been explained either as a social/affective deficit or a cognitive one. In the fruitless debate of the 1970/80s, some authors argued that the...

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Main Author: Carolina Lampreia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2004-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722004000100014&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt