Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Editorial Preface

• Editorial Preface

Nancy J. Minshew

Challenges in Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Catherine Lord, Ann Wagner, Sally Rogers, Peter Szatmari, Michael Aman, Tony Charman, Geraldine Dawson, V. Mark Durand, Lee Grossman, Donald Guthrie, Sandra Harris, Connie Kasari, Lee Marcus, Susan Murphy, Samuel Odom, Andrew Pickles, Lawrence Scahill, Evelyn Shaw, Bryna Siegel, Marian Sigman, Wendy Stone, Tristram Smith, Paul Yoder

Comments on “Challenges in Evaluating Psychosocial Intervention for Autistic Spectrum Disorders” by Lord et al.

• Commentary

Eric Schopler

Gastrointestinal Factors in Autistic Disorder: A Critical Review

Craig A. Erickson, Kimberly A. Stigler, Mark R. Corkins, David J. Posey, Joseph F. Fitzgerald, Christopher J. McDougle

Spatial Cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Superior, Impaired, or Just Intact?

Jamie O. Edgin, Bruce F. Pennington

Verbal and Spatial Working Memory in Autism

Diane L. Williams, Gerald Goldstein, Patricia A. Carpenter, Nancy J. Minshew

A Training Study of Theory of Mind and Executive Function in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Naomi Fisher, Francesca Happé

Global–Local Precedence in the Perception of Facial Age and Emotional Expression by Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Thomas F. Gross

Interval and Contour Processing in Autism

Pamela Heaton

An Evaluation of the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale

Luc Lecavalier

The Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA): A Diagnostic Method

Simon Baron-Cohen, Sally Wheelwright, Janine Robinson, Marc Woodbury-Smith

Pre-Linguistic Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Adapted for Older Individuals with Severe to Profound Mental Retardation: A Pilot Study

Sibel Kazak Berument, Elizabeth Starr, Andrew Pickles, Megan Tomlins, Katerina Papanikolauou, Catherine Lord, Michael Rutter

Dysbindin (DTNBP1, 6p22.3) is Associated with Childhood-Onset Psychosis and Endophenotypes Measured by the Premorbid Adjustment Scale (PAS)

M. C. Gornick, A. M. Addington, A. Sporn, N. Gogtay, D. Greenstein, M. Lenane, P. Gochman, A. Ordonez, R. Balkissoon, R. Vakkalanka, D. R. Weinberger, J. L. Rapoport, R. E. Straub

Teaching Children with Autism when Reward is Delayed. The Effects of Two Kinds of Marking Stimuli

Corinna F. Grindle, Bob Remington

Stimulus Over-selectivity in Rats

Evelyn Gibson, Phil Reed

Brief Report: Relations between Prosodic Performance and Communication and Socialization Ratings in High Functioning Speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Rhea Paul, Lawrence D. Shriberg, Jane McSweeny, Domenic Cicchetti, Ami Klin, Fred Volkmar

Lumpers, Splitters, and Asperger Syndrome

• Letter to the Editor

Victoria Shea

Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, an Atypical Presentation: A Case Report

• Letter to the Editor

Vivek Agarwal, Prabhat Sitholey, Indra Mohan

Comments on the Misuse of Terminology in Savant Research: It is not the Sieve of Eratosthenes

• Letter to the Editor

Makoto Yamaguchi

Ask the Editor

Nancy J. Minshew

Acknowledgement

Kathie Barron

Announcements

Kathie Baron