EEX 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Autism Spectrum, Bernard Rimland, Bruno Bettelheim

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Education - Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
• Course: EEX 2000
• Professor: Penny Cox

Document Summary

1/28/14 (period 4, 35 mc questions~scenarios+history) feb. 4th. Movie review (due feb. 11) + homework assignment turned in on feb. 4th. Deal with patterns of behavior that negatively affect a person"s ability to function. Externalized behaviors, poor social relationships, difficulty coping with behavioral demands, inappropriately express needs and wants. Internalized behaviors; don"t directly affect others: anxiety, social withdrawal, mood disorders. Autism 1 in 88 individuals (cdc) number 1 disorder. 1911: autism" term was first used for adults with schizophrenia. 1940s-60s: bruno bettelheim(blamed parents; took idea of refrigerator mothers" [mothers who were cold to their children])- popularizes theorizes causes of autism. 1960s: experts start to believe autism is neurological/biochemical: not the result of poor parenting. 1960s: bernard rimland: refutes popular ideas and leads the advocacy movement. 1997: idea establishes autism as separate category in special education. Behaviors are not unique to people with autism.