Offering a summary of the current state of knowledge in autism research,
Defining Autism looks at the different genetic, neurological and
environmental causes of, and contributory factors to autism. It takes a
wide-ranging view of developmental and genetic factors, and considers
autism's relationship with other conditions such as epilepsy.
Shedding light on the vast number of autism-related syndromes which are
all too often denied adequate attention, it shows how, whilst autism
refers to a single syndrome, it can be understood as many different
conditions, with the common factors being biological, rather than
behavioral.