It has long been recognized that people with identifiable congenital causes of developmental disabilities display peculiar patterns of behavior and temperament. An explosion of new information in the field of so-called behavioral genetics has precipitated a need for a book describing behaviorial phenotypes. The book consists of three parts: Part I opens with an account of the evolution of behaviorial genetics in developmental disability. The second part covers measurement and research methodology and includes chapters on various types of self-injurious behavior that occur in different...

A travel book, a memoir and a discursive essay on family life, love, deep sea diving, swimming in the Mediterranean and the underwater sound-systems of hotels around the world, this title is a paean to the south of France, taking the reader by way of the t