
Autism in Complex Presentations
A Guide to Assessment and Diagnosis
Mac Keith Press
1st Edition
Published on 28. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-911612-70-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911612-70-4 (9781911612704)
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Christopher Gillberg | Elaine Clark | Abigail Mance
Autism in Complex Presentations
A Guide to Assessment and Diagnosis
E-Book
09/2025
Mac Keith Press
€85.99
Available for download
Persons
Editor
Gothenburg University, Sweden; University College London, UK
Content
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
Miriam Bindman, Jeremy Oliver and Christopher Gillberg
4 ARFID and Autism
Gillian Greville-Harris, Georgina Salzke-Spurr, and Emma Willmott
5 Demand Avoidance and Autism
Gloria Dura-Vila,
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
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
Miriam Bindman, Jeremy Oliver and Christopher Gillberg
4 ARFID and Autism
Gillian Greville-Harris, Georgina Salzke-Spurr, and Emma Willmott
5 Demand Avoidance and Autism
Gloria Dura-Vila,
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