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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." 1944: Hans Asperger describes a milder form of autism that later became known as Asperger's syndrome ...
May 9, 2018 · The ‘refrigerator mother’ concept was disproved in the 1960s to 1970s, as a growing body of research showed that autism has biological underpinnings and is rooted in brain development. The DSM-III, published in 1980, established autism as its own separate diagnosis and described it as a “pervasive developmental disorder” distinct from ...
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Jun 24, 2023 · Donald Triplett, first person diagnosed with autism, 1933-2023 ‘Case 1’ in the study of the condition, he advanced understanding of it, while living a full and quiet life
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Jun 2, 2011 · NEW YORK-- A leading autism authority who is helping transform the way autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed and treated, Dr. Catherine Lord has been named director of the new Institute for Brain Development at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Medical Center. She will also be appointed to ...
Donald Gray Triplett (September 8, 1933 – June 15, 2023) was an American banker known for being the first person diagnosed with autism. [1] He was first diagnosed by Leo Kanner in 1943, and was labeled as "Case 1". [2] [3] Triplett was noted for his savant abilities, particularly the ability to name musical notes played on a piano and the ...
- June 15, 2023 (aged 89), Forest, Mississippi, U.S.
- Donald Gray Triplett, September 8, 1933, Forest, Mississippi, U.S.
- Banker
- First person to be diagnosed as autistic
Hans Asperger. Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger ( / ˈæspɜːrɡər /, German: [hans ˈʔaspɛɐ̯ɡɐ]; 18 February 1906 – 21 October 1980 [1]) was an Austrian physician. Noted for his early studies on atypical neurology, specifically in children, he is the namesake of the autism spectrum disorder Asperger syndrome.
A surprising new historical analysis suggests that a pioneering doctor was examining people with autism before the Civil War. John Donvan and Caren Zucker. January 2016. In 1938, Hans Asperger, a ...
