Autism 360°

Autism 360 uses a hybrid and transdisciplinary methodology to identify mechanisms on how autism is prevented, diagnosed, treated and managed within personal and social constructs around the world. Adopting a lifespan approach, the book discusses lifestyle challenges and emphasizes issues relating to neurodiversity, individuality, best practices, and support of both people on the spectrum and their families. This book will help change population and individual attitudes and behaviors regarding autism. Its ultimate goal is to empower readers to become both agents of change and an integral part of the solution.

• Covers topics from the prevention and treatment of autism and how to live with it
• Adopts an integrated methods approach
• Features field experiences
• Provides valuable syntheses of scattered material
• Compares cross-cultural learnings
• Discusses the education and employment of those with autism

Nurses, family members of autistic children, physicians, pediatricians, researchers, health care workers, teachers of special schools

Section I
Prevention
1. A perinatal strategy to prevent autism
Undurti N. Das

2. The early development of autism spectrum disorder and its care
Colwyn Trevarthen and Jonathan Delafield-Butt

3. Autistic ontologies and the open genome
Majia H. Nadesan

4. Underestimated environmental factors contributing to autism spectrum disorders
Jean-Baptiste Fini, Michelle Leemans, and Barbara A. Demeneix

5. Dietary interventions to prevent autism spectrum disorder
Tatyana El-Kour, Melissa Olive, Natalia Neophytou, and Sandra Pretorius

Section II
Assessment and Diagnosis

6. Deriving resting-state fMRI biomarkers for classification of autism spectrum disorder
Antonis D. Savva, Aikaterini S. Karampasi, and George K. Matsopoulos

7. Current assessment and diagnostic practices in the United States: what they are missing
Nina Newman and Ira Glovinsky

8. A multidisciplinary and parent-useful approach to assessment and diagnosis: creating a road map for professionals, parents, and better outcomes
for children
Ira Glovinsky and Nina Newman

10. Introducing best practices in treatment modalities using a lifecycle approach
Gil Tippy

11. Treatment in autism spectrum disorder: areas of unmet need in the United States
Stephanny Freeman and Tanya Paparella

12. Full circle autism care includes family relationships and dynamics
Ruby Moye Salazar

13. DIR Model
Serena Wieder

14. Sensory processing and meaning making in autism spectrum disorder
Isabelle Mueller and Ed Tronick

15. Early intervention for children with autistic spectrum disorders through a system of mobile services in the local community
Ivanka Pejic

16. A comparative study of infants and toddlers treated with The Mifne Approach intervention for Autism
Spectrum Disorder
Hanna A. Alonim, Ido Lieberman, Danny Tayar, Giora Scheingesicht, and Hillel D. Braude

17. Targeting gut microbiota as a possible therapeutic intervention in autism
Afaf El-Ansary and Ramesa Shafi Bhat

18. Nutrition and dietary considerations during treatment of autism spectrum disorder
Tatyana El-Kour, Melissa Olive, Natalia Neophytou, and Sandra Pretorius

19. Exercise-based interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Natalia Neophytou

20. Adjusting the lens on the spectrum through a developmental, individual-difference, relationshipbased model: a developmental, parent-mediated, play-based intervention
Gilbert M. Foley

Section IV
Training and Education
21. A comprehensive approach to inclusion: theoretical and clinical implications using the developmental, individual difference, relationship-based
DIR Model
Alisa Vig

22. New approaches to the development of personalized rehabilitation programs for the children with disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders
O.G. Safonicheva and M.A. Ovchinnikova

23. Architecture for autism: built environment performance in accordance to the autism ASPECTSS design index
Magda Mostafa