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Index
Cover
Copyright
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1: Diagnosing Autism
1.1 Searching for the Onset of Autism
1.2 Mixed Signals: Social Intuition Goes Awry
1.3 Extraordinary Perception
1.4 Early Intervention: Speech Therapy
1.5 The Hidden Potential of Autistic Kids
Section 2: Autistic Savants
2.1 A Transparent Enigma
2.2 Islands of Genius
2.3 Inside the Mind of a Savant
2.4 Think Better: Tips from a Savant
Section 3: Who’s at Risk?
3.1 Why Autism Strikes More Boys Than Girls
3.2 Maternal Age and Autism
3.3 The Father Factor
Section 4: Genetic Causes
4.1 Genetics Research Challenges Ideas about Mental Illness
4.2 Gene Sleuths: Looking for Patterns
4.3 Runaway Neurons: Excessive Brain Growth in Autism
4.4 Autism and the Technical Mind
4.5 The Early Origins of Autism
4.6 Broken Mirrors: A Theory of Autism
4.7 What’s So Special about Mirror Neurons?
Section 5: Environmental Causes
5.1 Sunshine State: Vitamin D Deficiency
5.2 Risk Factors During Pregnancy
5.3 Epigenetics and Our Understanding of Heredity
Section 6: Understanding the Autism “Epidemic”
6.1 Is There Really an Epidemic?
6.2 Redefining Autism: The New DSM Criteria
6.3 By the Numbers: Autism Is Not a Math Problem
Section 7: Treatments and Therapies
7.1 The Autism Diet
7.2 The Autism Pill
7.3 Detecting Autsim Early
7.4 Desperate for an Autism Cure
7.5 Alternative Treatments: How Good Is the Evidence?
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