Autism Timeline 1 of 5 - Timeline Help

Autism Timeline part 1 of 5 from 1911 to 1969 at Timeline Help. The word autism or

autistic comes from the Greek word autos which means self. Autists have a social and a lanuguage impairment, and they tend do repetitive or stereotyped activities. My little nephew is an autist. That's why I'm very interested in the history of the disease. So, I decided to make a history timeline for his parents. All scholars who have contributed to the discovery and the development of treatments and therapies, support groups, and research institutes are represented in my Autism Timeline.

- 1911 - 1943 - 1944 - 1949 - 1950s - 1951 - 1962 - 1964 - 1965 - 1967 - 1969

Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler introduces the term autism. Austrian-American psychiatrist Leo Kanner establishes autism - early infantile autism - as a childhood psychiatric disorder. Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger publishes his work on autistic symptoms, Autistic Psychopathy in Childhood. Leo Kanner states his Refrigerator Mother and Undemonstrative Father theory in rekation to autistic children. Austrian-born American child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim states that lack of acceptance and parental love causes autism. British psychoanalyst John Bowlby reveals his theory about maladapted children in relation to autism. British psychiatrist Lorna Wing founds the National Autistic Society NAS in the United Kingdom. American psychologist Bernard Rimland writes in Infantile Autism: The Syndrom and Its Implications For a Neural Theory of Behavior that autism is a biological disorder. Bernard Rimland founds the Autism Society of America ASA. Norwegian clinical psychologist Ole Ivar Lovaas develops the Applied Behavior Analysis treatment. Bernard Rimland founds the Autism Research Institute ARI in San Diego. Bruno Bettelheim correlates autistic children and their parents to prisoners and guards in World War II nazi concentration camps in The Empty Fortress: Infantile Autism and The Birth of The Self. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ICD of the World Health Organization classifies autism as a form of schizophrenia. Parents found the Autism Society of America.

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Bibliography of the Autism Timeline

Maurice, C, Green, G and Luce, S (1996). Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism, A Manual for Parents and Professionals.
Howlin, P, Baron-Cohen, S E and Hadwin, J (1998). Teaching Children With Autism to Mind-Read, A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents.
McClannaha, L and Krantz, P J D (1999). Activity Schedules for Children With Autism: Teaching Independent Behavior.
Facing Autism: Giving Parents Reasons for Hope and Guidance for Help by Lynn M. Hamilton (2000).



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