Autism

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and classifications of these disturbances, however, were confusing and controversial. Kraeplin set the basis for modern classification. He used the terms dementia, a belief that progressive deterioration occurred, and praecox, meaning the disorders began early. Later the term schizophrenia was applied by Bleuer. He argued that deterioration was not inevitable and that psychological factors played a role. As time went on many other different diagnostic terms were applied such as dementia infantilis, disintegrative psychoses, childhood schizophrenia, and childhood psychosis (Nelson, Israel, 1997). Schizophrenia became the most common generalizing term used until 1948 when Leo Kanner described his observation of early infantile . He was a pioneer in the field and his studies of eleven severely affected children set out the groundwork for the research that would occur over the next fifty years. Kanner gave descriptions of the children, emphasizing their inability to relate ...

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(Tustin, 1992). appears to be the end product of several different disorders which share similar social, language, and neurological abnormalities.
There are no accurate medical tests for diagnosing . The only way a precise diagnoses is achieved through observation of a child's behavioral, communicational and developmental levels. Because of 's multiple behavioral disorders, doctors often complete many tests to rule out other possible causes. Ideally, a child should be evaluated by several professionals, including a neurologist, psychologist, developmental pediatrician, speech/language therapist, and learning consultant (Hobson, 1993). The more accurate the diagnosis, the more ...

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