Adolescents with autism spectrum disorders attending special schools in Singapore : functional skills, behavioural challenges, and parental aspirations

• Main Author: Poon, Kenneth Kin Loong.
• Other Authors: National Institute of Education
• Format: Research Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42791
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder identifiable from social impairments, language impairments, and a restricted range of interests and behaviours that with impairments that continue into adulthood (Howlin, Mawhood, & Rutter, 2000). In general, many of these individu...