Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Preface

• Preface

Eric Fombonne

Diagnosing Autism: Analyses of Data from the Autism Diagnostic Interview

Catherine Lord, Andrew Pickles, John McLennan, Michael Rutter, Joel Bregman, Susan Folstein, Eric Fombonne, Marion Leboyer, Nancy Minshew

Does Teaching Theory of Mind Have an Effect on the Ability to Develop Conversation in Children with Autism?

Julie Hadwin, Simon Baron-Cohen, Patricia Howlin, Katie Hill

Are Deficits in the Decoding of Affective Cues and in Mentalizing Abilities Independent?

Jan K. Buitelaar, Marleen van der Wees

Delay Versus Deviance in Autistic Social Behavior

Lori VanMeter, Deborah Fein, Robin Morris, Lynn Waterhouse, Doris Allen

The Role of Touch in Facilitated Communication

Emiko Kezuka

Brief Report: Motor Incoordination in Children with Asperger Syndrome and Learning Disabilities

Motohide Miyahara, Masatsugu Tsujii, Miwako Hori, Kazunori Nakanishi, Hidenori Kageyama, Toshiro Sugiyama

Brief Report: Electroencephalographic Paroxysmal Activities in the Frontal Area Emerged in Middle Childhood and During Adolescence in a Follow-up Study of Autism

Yoko Kawasaki, Keiji Yokota, Mieko Shinomiya, Yasuo Shimizu, Shin-ichi Niwa

Brief Report: Interrater Reliability of the Psychoeducational Profile (PEP)

Peter Muris, Pim Steerneman, Elise Ratering

Letters to the Editor

• Letter to the Editor

Gerald Groden, Martin Paczynski

In Memoriam

Eric Schopler

Ask the Editor

Eric Fombonne

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