Autism Timeline
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Updated: 28 Jan 2020
Sped 311 Module 3 Shana Gottschall
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Eugen Bleuler coined the word AutismWild boy was found in the forest of
Aveyron and was taken into
the care of Itard who attempted to educate himLeo Kanner published the first article about ASDAsperger wrote published an article seperate from Kanner in reagrds to ASDBruno Bettelheim published
hypothesised that autism
was caused by cold hearted
mothers AKA Refrigerator mothers.Mahler & Furer - Autism
s a result of a child not
being able to differentiate
it's mother. Coined the
Mahler Syndrome"Lauretta Bender (USA) Echoed
WWII findings in abandoned
children which solidified the
refrigerator mothers theory.WWII Cambridge evacuation survey
Susan Isaacs Studies were conducted
on children who were evacuated
without their parents.O'Connor, J.K. Wing, & Victor
Lotter from the MRC - First
mass survey done of a
population in order to generate
a percentage for the rate
of autism in the general
population of Britain. 76,388
children between the ages
of 8-10 were surveyed. The
results show a 4.5 per 10,000
prevalence rate.3rd edition of Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual is
released and it completely
removed the term "childhood
schizophrenia"Rutter introduced the term "Quasi-Autism"Baron-Cohen, Leslie, and Frith
described Autism as a profound
disorder in understanding and
coping with the social environment.Prevalence of 1 in 150Prevalence of 1 in 125Prevalence of 1 in 68Prevalence of 1 in 88Prevalence of 1 in 150Prevalence of 1 in 110Prevalence of 1 in 59
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