• DOI:10.1108/S0270-4013(2011)0000021013
Corpus ID: 151801108

Chapter 10 History of autism spectrum disorders

@inproceedings{Deisinger2011Chapter1H,
  title={Chapter 10 History of autism spectrum disorders},
  author={J. A. Deisinger},
  year={2011}
}

• J. A. Deisinger
• Published 2011
• Psychology

Child psychiatrist Leo Kanner (pronounced “Konner;” Feinstein, 2010, p. 19) published a ground-breaking paper in 1943 that introduced the world to the present-day concept of autism (Fombonne, 2003; Goldstein & Ozonoff, 2009; Roth, 2010). Prior to Kanner, however, several physicians described the condition of autism without identifying it as such. A textbook published in 1809, titled Observations on Madness and Melancholy, contained a description of a boy whose symptoms fit the modern definition… Expand

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