Monday, February 20, 2012

The Birth of the Concept of Autism

Leo Kanner
When Kanner in 1943 described "autistic disturbances of emotional contact of young children" - or "early infantile autism," as he later preferred to call the syndrome - the name he used in different ways, although it is first linked to schizophrenia, but later he tried to separate the of schizophrenia, "Kanner syndrome." Now, when using the term "autism", but rather is meant Kanner's syndrome than the symptoms of schizophrenia. However, the use of the term autism is not correct, concluding a false connection with schizophrenia, as well as "extreme loneliness" (synonymous with the word "autism" following Kanner), which in some ways is the essence of the syndrome.As well as visual and auditory disturbances are the result of physical, biological and organic factors, and in cases of autism there are physical, biological and organic causes. This understanding has been strengthened over recent years. In this book readers are the most important information in this area.And just as people born with impaired vision or hearing, need training and assistance in accordance with the specifics of their violations, and people with autism need to learn and appropriate maintenance. This training and support are specific, as a violation in itself is very specific. However, they are necessary, if a person with autism, as well as people around him, take it upon myself to live a life reminiscent of a full-fledged. Pedagogical approach to autism has undergone tremendous changes in recent years. From this point of view presented by the reader's attention the material in this publication are also very important.

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