Autism History ......

The history of Autism goes back as far as 1911 with Eugen Bleuler a swiss psychiatrist coined the term. However the term applied to adult schizophrenia.
In 1943 Dr. Leo Kanner of John Hopkins University described autism for the first time. He based his discovery from 11 children he observed between 1938 and 1943. What he studied were children who had withdrawal from human contact as early as age 1.
During the 1940's through the 60's the medical community felt that children who had autism were schizophrenic. This lack of understanding of the disorder lead many parents to believe that they were at fault.
During the 1960's people began to understand autism and more precisely identify autism symptoms and treatments.