1943 KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)

Autistic disturbances of affective contact.

The first description of “early infantile autism” as a disorder marked by extreme detachment, self-isolation, inability to form relationships, frequent failure to acquire communicative abilities, and preoccupation wit…

GMN 7625 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9797

1944 ASPERGER, Hans (1906 – 1980)

Die "Autistischen Psychopathen" im Kindesalter.

Early infantile autism (Asperberger's syndrome).

GMN 7626 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9798

2015 SILBERMAN, Steve (1957 – )

NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity. Foreward by Oliver Sacks.

A very well written semi-popular historical account of autism.

GMN 8159 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10335