I was thinking this morning that maybe the best place to start is the history of Autism. We, the Autism Resource Foundation, have posted the Autism-Thimerosal Timeline dating from 1860 to current. It's a good read and very informative.
Did you know that Autism affects 1 in 150 children. Those are good odds if you are in Vegas, bad if you are a child or a parent.
Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist, first coined the term autism back in 1911. He was referring to adult schizophrenia however.
Dr. Leo Kanner (Johns Hopkins University) was the first to describe autism. He based his finding on 11 children he observed between 1938 and 1943. These children had withdrawn from human contact as early as 1 years old.
From 1940 to the mid 1960's, doctors characterized autism with schizophrenia. This left many parents believing they were the cause of the disorder.
Luckily, in the late 1960s autism was established as a separate syndrome. It was distinguished from mental retardation and schizophrenia as well as other developmental disorders due to the benefits that can be achieved by involving parents in active programs of therapy.
If you live in Arizona and are looking for speech, physical, or occupational therapy providers, we hope you will use out Provider Program service.
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