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The Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia was established in January 1971, with Leo Kanner as the editor. This was the first scientific journal devoted to autism. Kanner wrote a paper called "Childhood psychosis: A historical overview" [103] for the first issue. It acknowledges the work of a broader range of people than Kanner had ...
Online archive. The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on all aspects of autism spectrum disorders and related developmental disabilities. The journal was established in 1971 as the Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, obtaining its current title in 1979. [1]
Lorna Wing. Lorna Gladys Wing OBE FRCPsych (7 October 1928 – 6 June 2014) was an English psychiatrist. She was a pioneer in the field of childhood developmental disorders, who advanced understanding of autism worldwide, introduced the term Asperger syndrome in 1976 [1] and was involved in founding the National Autistic Society (NAS) in the UK.
t. e. Claims of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism have been extensively investigated and found to be false. [ 1] The link was first suggested in the early 1990s and came to public notice largely as a result of the 1998 Lancet MMR autism fraud, characterised as "perhaps the most damaging medical hoax of the last 100 years". [ 2]
Hans Asperger. Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger ( / ˈæspɜːrɡər /, German: [hans ˈʔaspɛɐ̯ɡɐ]; 18 February 1906 – 21 October 1980 [ 1]) was an Austrian physician. Noted for his early studies on atypical neurology, specifically in children, he is the namesake of the former autism spectrum disorder Asperger syndrome.
Rhea served as Editor of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (2013-2017) and Associate Editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2008-2011). Research [ edit ] Throughout her career, Paul has focused on the analysis of patterns of speech development of individuals diagnosed with autism and developmental ...
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity is a book by Steve Silberman that discusses autism and neurodiversity [ 1] from historic, scientific, and advocacy -based perspectives. Neurotribes was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015, [ 2][ 3] and has received wide acclaim from both the scientific and the popular press.
Frith's research paved the way for the recognition of a theory of mind deficit in autism. [22] In 1985, while she was a member of the Medical Research Council's Cognitive Development Unit (MRC-CDU) in London, she published with Alan M. Leslie and Simon Baron-Cohen the article "Does the autistic child have a 'theory of mind'?", [23] which proposed that people with autism have specific ...