Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Preface

• Preface

Eric Schopler

Sexual Behavior in Adults with Autism

Mary E. Van Bourgondien, Nancy C. Reichle, Ann Palmer

Teaching Deception Skills in a Game-Play Context to Three Adolescents with Autism

Dana R. Reinecke, Bobby Newman, Anya L. Kurtz, Carolyn S. Ryan, Nancy S. Hemmes

Validation of the Revised Behavior Summarized Evaluation Scale

C. Barthélémy, S. Roux, J. L. Adrien, L. Hameury, P. Guérin, B. Garreau, J. Fermanian, G. Lelord

CSF β-Endorphin Levels in Patients with Infantile Autism

Shinichiro Nagamitsu, Toyojiro Matsuishi, Toshiro Kisa, Hironori Komori, Masahito Miyazaki, Toshiaki Hashimoto, Yushiro Yamashita, Etsuo Ohtaki, Hirohisa Kato

Family History of Cognitive Disabilities in First-Degree Relatives of Autistic and Mentally Retarded Children

Pierrette Boutin, Michel Maziade, Chantal Mérette, Myrto Mondor, Chantale Bédard, Jacques Thivierge

Brief Report: Assessment of Development and Abnormal Behavior in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Evidence for the Reliability and Validity of the Revised Psychoeducational Profile

Pim Steerneman, Peter Muris, Harald Merckelbach, Hannie Willems

Brief Report: Immunoglobulin a Deficiency in a Subset of Autistic Subjects

Reed P. Warren, J. Dennis Odell, W. Louise Warren, Roger A. Burger, Alma Maciulis, Wayne W. Daniels, Anthony R. Torres

Brief Report: The Effects of Exercise on the Self-Stimulatory Behaviors and Positive Responding of Adolescents with Autism

Andrea Rosenthal-Malek, Stella Mitchell

Brief Report: Cognitive and Behavioral Profiles in Persons with Smith-Magenis Syndrome

Elisabeth M. Dykens, Brenda M. Finucane, Claire Gayley

Book Review Facilitated Communication Training. Rosemary Crossley. New York, Teachers College Press, 1994, 150 pp., $15.95 (paper). Communication Unbound: How Facilitated Communication is Challenging Traditional Views of Autism and Ability/Disability. Douglas Biklen. New York, Teachers College Press, 1993, 221 pp., $17.95 (paper). Facilitated Communication: The Clinical and Social Phenomenon. Howard Shane (Editor). San Diego, Singular Publishing Group, 1994, 323 pp.

Andrew S. Bondy

Letters to the Editor

• Letter to the Editor

Lennart Gustafsson, Lynn Waterhouse

Ask the Editor

Eric Schopler

Announcements

Erratum