Autism and Developmental Disorders
2020. Vol. 18, no. 2, 55–62
doi:10.17759/autdd.2020180208
ISSN: 1994-1617 / 2413-4317 (online)
Work of Support Group for Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome in Russia
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Keywords: autism, Asperger’s syndrome, high-functioning autism, diagnostics, autism spectrum disorder, support, adults, self-advocacy
Journal rubric: Education & Intervention Methods
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/autdd.2020180208
Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to people with autism who founded the project for support of people with Asperger’s syndrome and to the Federal Resource Center for Organization of Comprehensive Support for Children with ASD of MSUPE for the possibility to discuss the problems of the high-functioning people with ASD and their coping strategies
For citation: Steinberg A.S., Voskov A.L. Work of Support Group for Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome in Russia. Autizm i narusheniya razvitiya = Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020. Vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 55–62. DOI: 10.17759/autdd.2020180208. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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