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ERIC Number: EJ577334
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
Genetic Counseling in Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
Simonoff, Emily
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v28 n5 p447-56 Oct 1998
Provides a protocol for counseling families with an autistic member concerning the risk of having an autistic child. Reports data regarding empirical recurrence risks and identifies the key elements that influence recurrence risks for individual couples. Counseling expertise in both diagnosis and treatment of autism and in the genetics of complex modes of inheritance is urged. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling, Decision Making, Family (Sociological Unit), Genetics, Heredity, Identification, Probability, Risk, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Counselors; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Genetic Counseling; Risk Assessment
Note: Special issue: Genetics of Autism.