This book goes step-by-step through the complex of symptoms, definitions, assessments and diagnoses of the variety of autism spectrum disorders. The authors focus on the roles of the school system, parents, teachers, medical professionals, adult service providers and agencies. The authors provide practical strategies to improve the assessment process and help the child or adult deal with the stress of the evaluations, which include everything from psychiatric or neurological to audiology or visual processing. They cover the impact of the diagnosis on the individual with ASD, as well as the...