Social Class and Infantile Autism

Twenty infantile autistic children (mean age 10.6 years) were compared with 50 seven-year-old Swedish children with regard to social class. The distributions of social class were almost identical in the infantile autism group and in the random group. (Author/SW)

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Published inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 223
Main Authors Gillberg, Christopher, Schaumann, Helen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1982
Subjects
Autism
Demography
Elementary Education
Family Characteristics
Foreign Countries
Social Class
Sweden
Sweden
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Summary:Twenty infantile autistic children (mean age 10.6 years) were compared with 50 seven-year-old Swedish children with regard to social class. The distributions of social class were almost identical in the infantile autism group and in the random group. (Author/SW)