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Autistic traits were first recorded by Jean Marc-Gaspard Itard, concerning “the wild boy of Aveyron.” -
Biography of philosopher and scientist Henry Cavendish, described the characteristics of what is now called Asperger’s syndrome. -
Autism the “Inner life” is first used by Eugen Bleular to describe children with symptoms related to schizophrenia. -
Russian psychiatrist, Grunya Sukhareva described the children that were cared for at her clinic as having a neurobiological condition with “autistic thinking”. -
Hans Asperger’s studied intellectually able children with an “authentic psychopathy”, known today as Asperger’s Syndrome. -
Leo Kanner worked with young children, recognizing a unique condition. -
Asperger and Kanner publish four months apart. -
It is first recognized in Britain that autistic children labeled as “maladjusted” are not defective and need better care. -
NAS is formed as a parent advocacy group -
Bruno Bettelheim hypothesizes the false theory that autism is caused by “refrigerator mothers”, who do not love their children enough. -
Further research on twins shows that autism is in fact largely caused by genetics. -
Lorna Wing and Judith Gould put forward the idea of a “triad of impairments” to diagnose autism. We -
DSM-lll: Infantile Autism is separated from childhood schizophrenia. -
Lorna Wing introduces the concept of the “Autism Spectrum”, including Asperger’s Syndrom. -
Simon Baron-Cohen researched autism in terms of differences kin “theory of mind”. -
DSM-lll: infantile Autism becomes “Autism Disorder”. -
DSM-lV is released, included Asperger’s Syndrome. -
A false link is made between the MMR vaccine and Autism. The research was later retracted. -
A study estimates that 1 in 100 children are artistic -
The Autism Act 2009: Act of parliament making provisions for autistic adults. -
DSM-V: Autism Spectrum Disorders -
A study conducted in the US suggest That Autism prevalence is 1 in 59. -
Nearly half of children with autism are shown to have cognitive skills that far exceed their verbal abilities. -
Evidence of regression in language, social and play skills in 1 in 5 children with autism -
Brain scans accurately predict autism in babies at 6 months. -
Large study indicates that “ High functioning” is a misnomer, due to the lack of social skills in high IQ autistic people. -
Research demonstrates the”female protective effects”, indicates that males are more genetically susceptible to autism than females.