Contents

**Preface XIII**


Chapter 7 **Implicit and Spontaneous Theory of Mind Reasoning in Autism Spectrum Disorders 113**

Beate Sodian, Tobias Schuwerk and Susanne Kristen

#### **Section 3 Interventions 137**


#### **Section 4 Aetiology 313**

Chapter 7 **Implicit and Spontaneous Theory of Mind Reasoning in Autism**

Beate Sodian, Tobias Schuwerk and Susanne Kristen

Chapter 8 **Speech-Language Pathology in the Assessment and Diagnosis**

Gonca Bumin, Meral Huri, Sinem Salar and Hulya Kayihan

Chapter 11 **A Conceptual Model for Empowering Families in Less Affluent Countries Who Have a Child With Autism 233** Sayyed Ali Samadi, Hadi Samadi and Roy McConkey

Chapter 12 **Evidence-Based Management and Intervention for Autism**

**Treatment of Elevated Androgens in Autism Spectrum**

**Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders 283**

Chapter 15 **Meeting the Communicative Rights of People with Autism —**

**Using Pictorial Supports During Assessment, Intervention and**

Gunilla Thunberg, Magdalena Johansson and Julia Wikholm

Chapter 13 **Understanding the Importance of the Evaluation and**

Chapter 14 **ReAttach – The Exciting Development of a Promising**

Fernanda Dreux Miranda Fernandes, Milene Rossi Pereira Barbosa, Thaís Helena Ferreira Santos and Cibelle Albuquerque de La

**Spectrum Disorders 113**

Chapter 9 **Occupational Therapy in Autism 163**

Rubina Lal and Disha Sanghvi

**Spectrum Disorders 247** Karola Dillenburger

David A. Geier and Mark R. Geier

Paula Weerkamp-Bartholomeus

**Disorder 269**

**Hospital Care 291**

**within the Autism Spectrum 139**

Chapter 10 **Autism and Functional Language Development – An Experiment with AAC Intervention 207**

**Section 3 Interventions 137**

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Higuera Amato

Chapter 16 **Etiology of Autism the Complexity of Risk Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder 315**

> Agnes Cristina Fett-Conte, Ana Luiza Bossolani-Martins and Dante Bruno Avanso Rosan

Chapter 17 **Possible Endophenotypes in the Search for Genetic Risk Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorders 351**

Adriana Díaz-Anzaldúa, Rigoberto Rosendo Gutiérrez, Alejandro Díaz-Anzaldúa and José Octavio Hernández Lagunas
