Marriage of Hugh Blair of Borgue was annulled by his brother on the grounds of "odd repeative" behavior. This is acknowledged as the first well know documented case of autism.
The Wild Boy of Aveyron was caught. He displayed several symptoms of autism and was treated with a behavioral program designed to help him form attachments.
Leo Kanner of John Hopkins Hospital first used the label early infantile autism to describe 11 children with behavioral similarities. All the similarities he noted are still regarded as typical of the autistic spectrum disorder.
German scientist Hans Aspergers first describes a "milder" form of autism. The cases he looked at were all boys who were highly intellegent but had issues with social interactions and displayed obsessive interests.
Research on twins showed that autism was linked to genetics and biological differences in brain development.
"Infantile Autism" is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). It is also officially seperated from childhood schizophrenia.
The DSM replaces the term infantile autism with the more expansive term autism disorder and included a list of criteria.
The movie Rain Man was released. This movie brought awerness to autism as one of the main characters was an autistic savant.
US Federal Government recognises Autism as special education needs catagory. Schools begin to identify children with it and make special provisions for them at school.
Asperger's Syndrome is added to DSM to expand autism spectrum to milder cases.
US CDC estimated that 1 in 110 children has autism which is up from 1 in 150 in 2007. They do note this is most likely due to better ways of detection.
All sub-categories of autism such as Asperger's are folded into the larger umberlla condition of autism by The DSM-5
My little sister, Emily, was diagnosed with autism.
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