The theoretical explanations for autism in the light of research evidence

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Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Medicine - General, , language: English, abstract: In order to be able to answer this question a brief description of autism shall be presented that highlights some of the symptoms central to the disorder and some concise statistics of its epidemiology. Following this, theoretical explanations for the disorder shall be discussed, with a particular focus on the contribution of recent research evidence. A second point to note is that for the purposes of this essay the word Autism shall be used to encompass all disorders under the umbrella of Autistic spectrum disorder.