The history of autism goes as far back as 1911 with Eugen Bleuler a Swiss psychiatrist first coined the term. However that term applied to adult schizophrenia.

Where did the term autism come from, and how has knowledge about autism changed over the years? ... Read on to learn about the history and the current understanding of this challenging condition.

In 1908, Eugen Bleuler coined the word "autism" in schizophrenic patients who screened themselves off and were self-absorbed.

The word "autism" ... Changes in meaning of the word autism after Kanner ... It has been presumed that before the discovery of the pattern of symptoms now known as autism, that people did exist with

Library of the History of Autism Research, Behaviorism & Psychiatry ... John Haslam on early infantile autism ... Autism in children with congenital rubella

"Our results," Carver said, "support two important ideas about autism: That those behaviors that are diagnostic of the disorder fall on one end of a broad behavioral spectrum and also that there is...

How to Understand the History of Autism. Autism and related pervasive developmental disorders went unrecognized for many generations. People in the autism spectrum were commonly misdiagnosed.

Opting for what one commentator called a "close enough solution," the reasoning goes that since 90% of autism sufferers are males, the answer is to allow only embryonic girls to be implanted...

"Our results," Carver said, "support two important ideas about autism: That those behaviors that are diagnostic of the disorder fall on one end of a broad behavioral spectrum and also that there is...

The study is the first to investigate "social referencing" behavior in children from families at high risk for autism and also points to profound differences in related measurements of brain activity,