PSY345H5 Quiz: YVONNE EIFEDIYI-345
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Pros and cons of inclusion general education settings vs. Since its identification in 1943, autism has puzzled families, doctors, psychologists and educators. Identified by a swiss psychiatrist eugen bleuler, the term autism originated from a greek word autos" which means self and refers to extreme social withdrawal marked by isolating oneself. He studied mental ailments and he focused on schizophrenia. Many doctors associated schizophrenia with autism for a long time. Dr. leo kanner from john hopkins university, baltimore started using the term. Autism in its modern form in 1943 to describe and categorize visible withdrawn and indifferent behavior of the children he studied. Extreme aloofness and total indifference are two words used by kanner to describe autism (church, 2009, p. 524). These three core areas of childhood development are social development, communication and language skills and behavior visible before the age of three.
