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The history of autism spans over a century; [ 1] autism has been subject to varying treatments, being pathologized or being viewed as a beneficial part of human neurodiversity. [ 2] The understanding of autism has been shaped by cultural, scientific, and societal factors, and its perception and treatment change over time as scientific ...
History of Asperger syndrome. Asperger syndrome (AS) was formerly a separate diagnosis under autism spectrum disorder. Under the DSM-5 and ICD-11, patients formerly diagnosable with Asperger syndrome are diagnosable with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The term is considered offensive by some autistic individuals. [ 1]
In 1980, the DSM-III introduced the term "ADD (Attention-Deficit Disorder) with or without hyperactivity." That terminology (ADD) technically expired with the revision in 1987 to ADHD in the DSM-III-R. In the DSM-IV, published in 1994, ADHD with sub-types was presented. The DSM-IV-TR was released in 2000, primarily to correct factual errors and ...
Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. [ 4][ 5][ 6] It sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public. [ 4] It was founded in February 2005 by Bob Wright and his wife ...
Ole Ivar Løvaas (8 May 1927 – 2 August 2010) [ 1][ 2] was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is most well known for his research on what is now called applied behavior analysis (ABA) to teach autistic children through prompts, modeling, and positive reinforcement.
Epidemiology of autism. The epidemiology of autism is the study of the incidence and distribution of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A 2022 systematic review of global prevalence of autism spectrum disorders found a median prevalence of 1% in children in studies published from 2012 to 2021, with a trend of increasing prevalence over time.
Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva, the first psychiatrist to pathologize Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), was born to parents Chaim Faitelevich and Rakhila Iosifovna Sukhareva on November 11th, 1891 in Kyiv, Russian Empire. [ 2][ 3][ 4] She studied medicine at Kyiv Medical Institute, and in 1915, earned her medical degree.
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.