PSY345H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Autism Spectrum, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Savant Syndrome
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Autism: a pervasive developmental disorder with onset prior to age 3, characterized by qualitatively impaired social interactive and social communicative skills along with restricted and repetitive repertoire of behaviour, interests, and activities. The term autism comes from the greek word autos meaning self , and was first used in the early. 1900s to describe unique behavioural symptoms of patients with schizophrenia who had extreme difficulties in the social world. In the 1800s, research blamed cold, refrigerator mothers for causing their child"s autism. In the 1970s, the focus shifted toward education for individuals with autism. With the passage of the education for all handicapped children act of 1975, children with autism were permitted a free and appropriate public education. The term autism became more widely known after federal law recognized autism as a disability category in the individuals with disabilities education act of 1990 (idea)
