The Neurology of Autism

Mary Coleman has published over 100 medical papers and eight medical books, including four on autism. She was educated at The University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and George Washington University, with training in adult neurology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and pediatric neurology at Children's Hospital in D.C.

Its clinical and theraputic coverage is broad enough for pediatricians or child neurologists, even for molecular biologists or neuroscientists, who want a relatively brief contemporary update on autism and its neurological basis. I recommend this easy and informative read to this audience. s

• 1. Introduction ; 2. A neurological framework ; 3. The cerebellum in autism ; 4. The cranial circumference in autism ; 5. Other neurological signs and symptoms in autism ; 6. The epidemiology of autism ; 7. Disease entities with a temporary autistic phase ; 8. The question of reversible autistic behaviour in autism ; 9. The problem of alternative therapies in autism ; 10. An integrated approach to therapy