In Neurology of Autism, Mary Coleman, Catalina Betancur, G. Robert DeLong, Christopher Gillberg, Yoshiko Nomura, Lorenzo Pavone, Martin Ruggieri, and Michele Zappella use the tools of neurological analysis to address a number of the major questions that have arisen in the study of autism. The answers they present have important implications for the direction of future autism research, diagnosis, and treatment. What are the neurological signs and symptoms of autism? The latest information is presented here in an in-depth discussion of epilepsy, cranial circumference, changes in muscle...

The Media and the Public explores the ways a range of media, from the press to television to the Internet, have constructed and represented the public.

• Provides a new synthesis of recent research exploring the relationship between media and their publics
• Identifies ways in which different publics are subverting the gatekeeping of mainstream media in order to find a voice and communicate with others
• Situates contemporary media-public discourse and relationships in an historical context in order to show the origin of contemporary public/political...