Cognitive Functioning in Autism

Abstract

(from the chapter) describes the cognitive strengths and deficits most common to autistic [children], and briefly reviews findings in the specific areas of early cognitive development, perception and attention, executive function, language, memory, and social cognition in autism (from the introduction) [presents] the continuum over which [these strengths and weaknesses] manifest themselves both behaviorally and with developmental changes / this helps to account for the heterogeneity found in autism, widely regarded as one of the most clearly defined diagnostic categories in the [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual] series (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2000 APA, all rights reserved).