The social-avoidance behaviour of autistic children.
Direct observation and previous studies suggest autistic children actively avoid social encounters more than normal children, and concommitantly, act as if threatened by the mere proximity or non-threatening approaches of others. A study is reported which supports this. The 'cognitive-language handicap' theory of autism is criticized in the light of these results.
D000374:Aggression; D001321:Autistic Disorder; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior