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Nov 10, 2018 · Sukhareva’s characterization came nearly two decades before Austrian doctors Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger published what have long been considered to be the first clinical accounts of autism.
Oct 12, 2023 · Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), known also as “autism,” is a neurodevelopmental condition typically diagnosed in childhood. But some people, specifically people assigned female at birth (AFAB), may go undiagnosed until adulthood.
Jul 25, 2017 · Ms. Scriven was already an adult when American psychiatrists began expanding the borders of the diagnosis, moving first into the uncharted territory of atypical autism (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified), and later, in 1994, into the milder Asperger's syndrome. 3 As the definition expanded, so did the number of people diag...
Mary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American academic and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior.
For example, Michael Rutter, a leading child-psychiatric researcher from the UK’s Maudsley Hospital who conducted the first-ever genetic study of autism, claimed in 1972 that ‘the autistic child has a deficiency of fantasy rather than an excess’ ( Rutter, 1972: 327).
- Bonnie Evans
- 10.1177/0952695113484320
- 2013
- Hist Human Sci. 2013 Jul; 26(3): 3-31.
May 16, 2024 · Key points. Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be difficult because there is no medical test, such as a blood test, to diagnose the disorder. Doctors look at the child's developmental history and behavior to make a diagnosis. Diagnosing ASD involves several steps.
Well-known female autism advocates include livestock scientist and professor Dr. Temple Grandin and teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. There are also several books out there about the female experience of autism. Here are a few we recommend: Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum (Jennifer Cook O’Toole)
