TY - JOUR
AU - Turner, Michelle
AB -  University of Durham, U.K. Keywords : Autistic disorder, developmental delay, executive function, stereotyped behaviour, theory of mind, repetitive behaviour. Abbreviations : DRI : differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviours ; DRO : differential reinforcement of other behaviours. Introduction Repetitive behaviour is widely known to be one of three core and defining features of autism (ICD-10, World Health Organisation, 1990 ; DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Any clinician who is told that a child repetitively flaps his arms, spends hours lining up Lego bricks, will not tolerate changes in routine, and has a peculiar fascination with the many varieties of electric fan available on the market will, before hearing anything about the social functioning or communicative abilities of that child, be deeply suspicious that the child is autistic. However, the literature on repetitive behaviour in autism reveals several paradoxes and inconsistencies. First, given the significant challenge that this class of behaviour can pose, the literature devoted to the study of this behaviour in autism is relatively small in comparison with the extensive literature on other aspects of autistic symptomatology. Whilst certain classes of repetitive behaviour have been described as nonspecific to autism (e.g. Prior & Macmillan, 1973), others have been 
TI - Annotation: Repetitive Behaviour in Autism: A Review of Psychological Research
JF - The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
DO - 10.1111/1469-7610.00502
DA - 1999-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/annotation-repetitive-behaviour-in-autism-a-review-of-psychological-rE0EKnHKK8
SP - 839
VL - 40
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -