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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.
Although the genetics of autism are complex, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is explained more by multigene effects than by rare mutations with large effects. [1] [2] Autism is known to have a strong genetic component, with studies consistently demonstrating a higher prevalence among siblings and in families with a history of autism.
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.
Autism is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on autism. It is published eight times a year by SAGE Publications in association with the National Autistic Society. The journal was established in 1997 and the editor-in-chief is Sue Fletcher-Watson ( University of Edinburgh ). The cover originally contained a puzzle piece but this ...
The pathophysiology of autism is the study of the physiological processes that cause or are otherwise associated with autism spectrum disorders . Autism's symptoms result from maturation-related changes in various systems of the brain. [1] How autism occurs is not yet well understood. Its mechanism can be divided into two areas: the ...
In a Different Key: The Story of Autism is a 2016 non-fiction book by John Donvan and Caren Zucker. It discusses the history of autism and autism advocacy, including issues such as the Refrigerator mother theory and the possibility of an autism epidemic. [1] [2] Donald Triplett, perhaps the first person diagnosed with autism, and [3] [4] [5 ...