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Title: Excellent in 1996, now out-of-date, pessimistic, and narrow.
Review: When I read The World of the Autistic Child two years ago, I found myself discouraged and depressed. I did learn the value of early intervention, but nothing about the enormous amount of biochemical research being done to discover the cause and find the means to cure this disorder. This book is hopelessly out-of-date now with its exclusive focus on the behavioral approach. It needs to be revised and expanded with the assistance of knowledgeable bio-scientists currently researching the field, hopefully before many more newly diagnosed families get the inappropriate pessimism this book presents about autism spectrum disorder.
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