This book raises awareness of the importance of recognising and supporting autism with co-occurring conditions. Autism in Complex Presentations brings together international clinicians and researchers with expertise across a range of neurodevelopmental conditions to provide an evidence-based practical guide on autism assessment. It covers conditions where autism may be hard to recognise and where there are challenges around selecting, administering, and interpreting standard assessments for autism and making diagnoses. Each chapter has an easily accessible case vignette to bring the theory into practice and seeks to share the voices and experience of a young person and their family. There is focus on the challenges experienced in accessing and navigating the assessment process and how an autism diagnosis may have helped with support.
This book will be relevant to clinicians including Paediatricians, Paediatric Neurologists, Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Paediatric Neuropsychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Specialist Nurses, Educational Psychologists, and students. It is not written specifically for people affected by autism, although they may be interested to read the book in its entirety or specific chapters.
Author Appointments vii Foreword xi Preface 1 Autism in the General Population Maj-Britt Posserud and Christopher Gillberg 2 ADHD and Autism Penny Andreou and Inyang Takon 3 Anxiety and Autism Ruth Garcia, Miriam Bindman, and Jeremy Olive 4 ARFID and Autism Gillian Greville-Harris, Georgina Salzke-Spurr, and Emma Willmott 5 Demand Avoidance and Autism Glòria Durà-Vilà, 6 Selective Mutism and Autism Kathryn Stevenson and Stephanie Love 7 Language Disorder and Autism Pam Czerniewska and Abigail Mance 8 Intellectual Disability and Autism Elisabeth Fernell and Christopher Gillberg 9 Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Autism Hannah George, Steve Rose, and Fionna Bathgatevi 10 Vision Impairment and Autism Naomi Dale, Alison Salt, and Elaine Clark 11 Cerebral Palsy and Autism Anne Addison, Kim Bates, Katrina Macleod, and Jenefer Sargent 12 Epilepsy and Autism Hanna Richardson and Francesca Sawer 13 Tic Disorders and Autism Holan Liang 14 Girls, Women and Autism Laura Hull and Will Mandy 15 Gender Diversity and Autism Kate Cooper, Anna I R van der Miesen, and Meng-Chuan Lai 16 Maltreatment and Autism Simon Wilkinson, Lucy Sawyer, Claire Davidson-Jamieson, Fiona Turner, and Helen Minnis
