Process of psychological intervention and treatment outcome in childhood autistic disorder: A case study

Pages: 718-722
Shweta Jha (Clinical Psychologist, Manipal University, Manipal)

A 2 year 11 month old child born of non- consanguineous marriage; with full time normal delivery in hospital. Presented to us with family history of autism and ADHD in 2nd degree cousins and she had complaints of absence of social smile, lack of eye to eye contact, lack of awareness of others with impaired speech and stereotypic play activity, and spinning objects. Highly distracted, irritable, poor concentration and attention; with no history of hearing and speech impairment and normal development until 12 month when the present symptoms were noted.