Disorder, deviance and personality: factors in the persistence

First published 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group Selection and editorial matter © 1999 Anne Alvarez and Susan Reid Individual contributions © 1999 the contributors Typeset in Galliard by Routledge Printed and bound in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Autism and Personality/edited by Anne Alvarez and Susan Reid p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Autistic children. I. Alvarez, Anne, 1936 . II. Reid, Susan, 1946 . RJ506.A9A896 1999 618.92'8982-dc21 98^3904 CIP

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