The history of autism as a formal diagnosis began in 1911. Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler coined the term, using it to describe what he believed to be the childhood version of schizophrenia.1 Since then, our understanding of autism has evolved, culminating in the current diagnosis of aut...
DIAGNOSIS of autismSELF advocacyNEURODIVERSITYPOST-traumatic stress disorderAUTISMSPECIAL daysDIAGNOSTIC errorsALLIED health personnelThis series of articles will explore the neurodivergent condition of autism from a range of different perspectives. This second article will explore the hi...
A concise history of Asperger syndrome: the short reign of a troublesome diagnosis Front Psychol, 6 (2024) (2016), pp. 1-7, 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02024 Google Scholar 6. L. Wing, J. Gould, C. Gillberg Autism spectrum disorders in the DSM-V: better or worse than the DSM-IV? Res Dev...
Background: Although autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are generally considered lifelong disabilities, literature suggests that a minority of individuals with an ASD will lose the diagnosis. However, the existence of this phenomenon, as well as its frequency and interpretation, is still controversial: ...
Findings from this study suggest that the aberrant growth is present in the first year of life and precedes the onset and diagnosis in children with autism spectrum disorder with and without a history of autistic regression. 展开 关键词: autism head circumference growth ...
(2005) did not find a significant difference in general prevalence of maternal autoimmune disease (based upon children's PDD caseness); however, psoriasis did occur more frequently among those mothers of children with autism than among those of children without the diagnosis. As the incidence of ...
If Billy were alive today, we think his disability, and that of others documented then in Massachusetts, would likely be diagnosed as autism. True, the actual word “autism” did not exist in their time, so neither, of course, did the diagnosis. But that does not mean the world was emp...
Purpose ‐ Considerable confusion surrounds the overlapping of autism and schizophrenia. This has significant implications for clinicians given that correct diagnosis is critical for treatment. Design/methodology/approach ‐ This paper sets out to clarify the position by reviewing the history and current ...
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was, says Silberman, “a perfect storm of autism awareness.” Wing and Gould began working with the American Psychiatric Association to broaden the criteria for diagnosis of what they called the autism spectrum;Rain Manwas released and there was an aut...
If the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder was restricted to children with a developmental age of 24 months or more (3 cases), the prevalence was 17.6%. The estimates found in this study exceed the estimated prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in the general population. 展开 关键词: ...