LegoMaster2149 wrote:
The term autism was coined in 1911 by a Swiss psychiatrist named Eugen Bleuer. Originally, the term was meant to refer to one group of symptoms that was related to schizophrenia.
-LegoMaster2149 (Written on September 21, 2017)
Well done, that is spot on.
Just for the record, and this is well recorded...Leo Kanner, as amazing as his original paper was, he was a complete snake (I know more than a few who latter day meet this criterion) Kanner was quite ruthless in those who which he was prepared to recognise (and would fit his ever-shifting worldview) and those contributions he would not.
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