Leo Kanner Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Raquel S. Hernandez
Psychology 251 IN1
South Piedmont Community College

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism spectrum disorder is a condition related to brain development that impacts how a person perceives and socializes with others, causing problems in social interaction and communication (Autism spectrum disorder, n.d.). Autism has been dated back to the early 1900s, by a Swiss psychiatrist of the name Eugen Bleuler, during this time many psychiatrists, psychologists, and physicians were working together to study the different age groups and diagnostical methods of childhood psychosis (Holaday, 2012). Since autism has been a disorder that has intrigued physicians …show more content…

History Autism comes from the Greek word “autos” meaning self, therefore it was associated with schizophrenia; it referred to the extreme withdrawal of oneself from their social life. In the 1940s the idea of autism finally changed because of Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger. Leo Kanner was one of the first psychologists to record the formal documentation of autism. In 1943 he described the cases of children to be afflicted with a syndrome. He noted that these kids had language delays, inability to use language for communication and a desire for aloneness (Holaday, 2012). Kanner referred to the condition as Kanner’s syndrome, later known as Early Infantile Autism. In 1943, Hans Asperger conducted research describing individuals with social and emotional limitations, he referred the condition as Asperger’s syndrome. Both Kanner and Asperger has symptoms that were similar but not identical (History of Autism, n.d). Leo Kanner came back with a distinct study which involved a small sampling of children from well-educated families. The …show more content…

He found out that 4.5 out of 10,000 children had the syndrome with a higher incidence in boys (Holaday, 2012). In 1977 Susan Folstein and Michel Rutter conducted a study using 21 same-sexed twins. At least one of the twins had to show symptoms of infantile Autism. They concluded that brain injury in the infancy period may lead to Autism on its own or in combination with a genetic predisposition. However, there is still some uncertainty on how its inherited (History of Autism,

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