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Introduction.; 1. The epidemiology of pervasive developmental disorders, Eric Fombonne, Canada.; 2. Early manifestation of autistic disorder during the first two years of life, Juan Martos Perez, Pedro M. Gonzalez, Maria Llorente and Carmen Nieto, Spain.; 3. Early assessment in autism, Catherine Lord, USA.; 4. Implicit learning impairments in autism: Implications for diagnosis and treatment, Laura Klinger, Mark Klinger and Patricia Pohling, USA.; 5. Joint attention and autism: Theory, assessment and neurodevelopment, Peter Mundy and Danielle Thorp, USA.; 6. On being moved in thought and feeling: An approach to autism, Peter Hobson, UK.; 7. Systemising and empathising in autism, Sally Wheelwright, UK.; 8. Executive functions in autism: Theory and practice, Sally Ozonoff, USA.; 9. Relationship between language and development in autistic spectrum disorders, Isabelle Rapin, USA.; 10. Developmental and behavioural profiles of children with autism and Asperger Syndrome, Susan Leekam, UK.; 11. Neuro-anatomical observations of the brain in autism, Margaret Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper, USA.; 12. Cortical circuit abnormalities (minicolumns) in the brains of autistic patients, Manuel F. Casanova, USA.; 13. Genetic research into autistic disorder, Angel Diez Cuervo, Spain.; 14. Parents and professionals. Collaboration! Collaboration? Hilde De Clerk and Theo Peeters, Belgium. References. Subject index. Author index.