Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Editorial Preface

• Editorial Introduction

Birth Order Effects on Nonverbal IQ Scores in Autism Multiplex Families

Donna Spiker, Linda J. Lotspeich, Sue Dimiceli, Peter Szatmari, Richard M. Myers, Neil Risch

Real-Life-Type Problem-Solving in Asperger's Syndrome

Shelley Channon, Tony Charman, Jane Heap, Sarah Crawford, Patricia Rios

Analysis of Social Interactions as Goal-Directed Behaviors in Children with Autism

Lisa A. Ruble

Verbal Association for Simple Common Words in High-Functioning Autism

Motomi Toichi, Yoko Kamio

Factors Affecting the Reading of Rimes in Words and Nonwords in Beginning Readers with Cognitive Disabilities and Typically Developing Readers: Explorations in Similarity and Difference in Word Recognition Cue Use

J. Anne Calhoon

An Assessment of Food Acceptance in Children with Autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified

William H. Ahearn, Todd Castine, Karen Nault, Gina Green

Brief Report: Improvements in the Behavior of Children with Autism Following Massage Therapy

Angelica Escalona, Tiffany Field, Ruth Singer-Strunck, Christy Cullen, Kristen Hartshorn

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