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History of Autism - Within 5 Years - Statistics

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Psychiatrist Leo Kanner publishes a paper describing what was then known as "early infantile autism" 1943
100%
Psychiatrist Eugen Bleuter first uses the word autism, deriving from the Greek autós meaning "self" 1910
50%
Hans Asperger describes what is now known as Level 1 Autism, and names it Asperger's after himself 1944
50%
Psychologist Bruno Bettelheim blames autism on so-called "Refrigerator Mothers", who supposedly don't show their children enough affection 1960s
50%
Infantile autism is included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) for the first time 1980
50%
"Autism Disorder" replaces infantile autism in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, accompanied by a checklist of diagnostic criteria 1987
50%
"Rain Man", a movie starring Dustin Hoffman as an autistic savant, brings autism to the public consciousness 1988
50%
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) becomes the all-encompassing diagnosis for all levels of autism 2013
50%
Twin studies find that autism has a largely genetic basis 1977
0%
A now-discredited study proposes that autism is caused by the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine 1998
0%
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