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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 12(4) pp. 615-630, 1987
© 1987 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Autism1

Wendy L. Stone2

University of Miami, Mailman Center for Child Development Miami, Florida

2All correspondence should be sent to Wendy L. Stone, University of Miami, Mailman Center for Child Devdopment, P.O. Box 016820, Miami, florida 33101

A 23-item survey assessing knowledge and beliefs about autism was completed by 239 professionals in four disciplines: clinical psychology, pediatries, school psychology, and speech/language pathology. Their responses were compared with those obtained from 18 specialists in the area of autism. Whereas the specialists' views were consistent with those prevalent in the research literature, individual disciplines displayed a number of misconceptions regarding social, emotional, and cognitive aspects of the disorder. Some misconceptions were specific to certain disciplines, while others were shared by all groups. For example, only speech/language pathologists viewed autism as an emotional disorder, whereas all four disciplines attributed unrealistically high cognitive potential to autistic individuals. Diagnostic criteria were also found to differ between the groups.

Key words: autism; survey; interdisciplinary.


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