The history of autism
@article{Wolff2004TheHO, title={The history of autism}, author={S. Wolff}, journal={European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry}, year={2004}, volume={13}, pages={201-208} }
Abstract.Autism remains a fascinating condition, perhaps the most prolifically researched of all child psychiatric disorders. Its history yields many lessons: early accounts of possible autism are, with one exception, unclear; the greatest contributions to our understanding have come from individual clinicians and researchers; the concept and definition of the disorder have changed greatly over the years; some ideas once held with conviction, were later proved to be unfounded; and socio… CONTINUE READING
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