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Dec 11, 2023 · Autism is a complex developmental disorder that affects how people communicate and interact with others. But how did it come to be recognized and understood? This article traces the history and timeline of autism from the early 20th century to the present day, highlighting the key discoveries and milestones that shaped the field. Learn how autism was first defined, diagnosed, and treated, and ...
Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with autism.
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Sep 20, 2023 · Here's a timeline of some key events in the history of autism: 1908: Eugen Bleuler first uses the term "autism." 1943: Leo Kanner publishes a paper describing a group of children with similar symptoms, coining the term "early infantile autism."
Victor Lotter’s first epidemiological study of autism posited a rate of 4.5 per 10,000 children but a 2006 Lancet article claimed a rate of 116.1 per 10,000 children in the UK and this figure continues to rise (Baird et al., 2006; Baron-Cohen et al., 2009).
- Bonnie Evans
- 10.1177/0952695113484320
- 2013
- Hist Human Sci. 2013 Jul; 26(3): 3-31.
Keywords Autism · Autism spectrum · DSM-IV · DSM-5 · Diagnosis 1.1 A Brief History of Autism Since its initial description in 1943 (Kanner 1943) interest in, and research on, au-tism has increased dramatically. In the 20 years following Kanner’s classic descrip-tion fewer than 50 peer reviewed papers on the topic appeared, but they increased
Mar 27, 2023 · Autism diagnosis has changed drastically over the years. Today, the DSM-5 describes the condition as autism spectrum disorder. Here is a timeline of events that lead to this diagnosis. 1911: Eugen Bleuler , a Swiss psychiatrist, was the first person to use the term autism to refer to a group of symptoms related to schizophrenia. The word autism ...
Both papers are absorbing, touching and authoritative. Both describe young people whose challenges defied the known diagnoses of the time but clearly fall into what we now call autism. And both offered a new diagnostic category for such people. Kanner’s 1943 paper, “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact,” drew almost immediate attention.
