1. Preface

   • Eric Fombonne

   Editorial Pages: 583 - 584

2. Pedantic speaking style differentiates asperger syndrome from high-functioning autism

   • Mohammad Ghaziuddin
   • Leonore Gerstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 585 - 595

3. Hand preference and hand skill in children with autism

   • K. M. Cornish
   • I. C. McManus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 597 - 609

4. Adaptive and intellectual functioning in autistic and nonautistic retarded children

   • Sarah Carpentieri
   • Sam B. Morgan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 611 - 620

5. The Autism Survey: An evaluation of reliability and validity

   • Duncan G. Campbell
   • Nancy C. Reichle
   • Mary E. Van Bourgondien

   OriginalPaper Pages: 621 - 634

6. Case study: Cross-gender preoccupations in two male children with autism

   • Patricia Gail Williams
   • Anna Mary Allard
   • Lonnie Sears

   OriginalPaper Pages: 635 - 642

7. Brief report: The effects of typed and spoken modality combinations on the language performance of adults with autism

   • Janice Forsey
   • Elizabeth Kay -Raining Bird
   • Jan Bedrosian

   Brief Reports Pages: 643 - 649

8. Brief report: Two case studies using virtual reality as a learning tool for autistic children

   • Dorothy Strickland
   • Lee M. Marcus
   • Kerry Hogan

   Brief Reports Pages: 651 - 659

9. Brief report: Physiognomic perception in autism

   • Ryuji Kobayashi

   Brief Reports Pages: 661 - 667

10. Book review

    • Linda Kunce

    BookReview Pages: 669 - 671

11. Is the prevalence of autism increasing?

    • Eric Fombonne

    Ask the Editor Pages: 673 - 676

12. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 677 - 677