Clinical studies of early symptoms are among the most significant advances achieved during
recent years in the field of autism. The first descriptions of early symptoms were retrospective�…

Research within the past decade has resulted in a considerable body of new information
regarding early infantile autism. While organic factors are believed to play a primary role in�…

There is a tendency to becloud the uniqueness of early infantile autism through loose use of
the term autism. A striking new finding is that at age 51/2 the syndrome changes markedly. It�…

Kanner (1943/1968) indicated that autism was a congenital disorder. Although a minority of
children seem to develop autism after some months of normal development, most of the�…

Early infantile autism was the topic of the 13th International Congress of Pediatrics held in
Vienna, in 1971." Autistic disturbances of affective contact" was the title chosen to elucidate�…

Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: An Up... : Infants & Young Children
Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: An Update : Infants & Young�…

The results are piesented of the first part of a study designed to clarify the diagnosis of
infantile autism. The nine‐point scale devised by Creak and others in 1961 was used as the�…

Reviews and describes the presenting symptoms of infantile autism, including age of onset
and attendant deviant developmental behaviors. Evidence is cited from the literature for the�…

In October 1938, the 5-year-old son of a lawyer from a small Mississippi town was brought to
Leo Kanner, director of die Child Psychiatry Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The�…

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired reciprocal
social interaction, impaired communication, and restricted, repetitive, or stereotyped�…