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| Possible Reasons for the rise in diagnosed Autism |
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- changes in diagnostic criteria
- development of the concept of the wide autistic spectrum
- different methods used in studies
- growing awareness and knowledge among parents & professional workers and the development of specialist services
- A true increase in numbers |
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| The concept of autism in children was first introduced by _____ in his seminal paper published in 1943. |
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| Kanner described a pattern of autistic behavior under the term _____. |
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| There are ancient myths, common to many parts of the world of _____; elfin children left in the place of real human babies. |
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| A gentle, naïve and very stubborn religious character whose legend indicates a possible Asperger's diagnosis |
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| Sherlock Holmes & Mr. Bean |
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| Examples of famous characters who possibly had Asperger's syndrome. |
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| found when he was 12 living wild in the woods. |
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| In 1867 _____ saw connections between the individuals with odd patterns of behavior and referred to it as "insanity" in children. |
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| Leo Kanner & Hans Asperger |
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| Of all the early workers in this field, ____ in the USA and _____ in Austria are the only ones whose names are now legitimately famous. |
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| In its early history, autism was regarded as an _____ without any neurological basis. |
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| Autism is now seen as a disorder of the _____, mainly genetic in origin and part of a wider spectrum of disorders. |
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| the number of individuals in a specified population in whom the condition being studied begins within a specified time period. |
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| refers to the number of individuals in a specified population who have the condition being studied at a specified time. |
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| The term 'autism' as a childhood condition did not appear in the international classification systems until more than _____ after Kanner's first publication. |
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| There was a shift in the concept of autism from a _____ to a developmental disorder. |
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| As a result of their studies in the 1970s _____ developed the concept of the spectrum of autistic disorders. |
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| The concept of a spectrum began to be seen in the revised version of the DSM, referred to as _____. |
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| _____ among the studies included variations in the sizes and types of target population and methods of identifying cases. |
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| Accurate case-finding is much easier with _____. |
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| The development of voluntary associations of parents, later to include interested professionals began in the USA and the UK early in the _____. |
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| Two Diagnostic Interview Schedules |
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In the 1990s the following were published:
Autism Diagnosis Interview - Revised (ADI-R)
Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (DISCO) |
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| Scientific studies that measured intellectual ability showed that autism & mental retardation of all levels could and often do _____. |
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| developmental or physical disability |
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| It is now recognized that autistic spectrum disorders can occur together with any other _____. |
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| Asperger's work was hardly known in English speaking countries until the _____. |
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| Before and for years after Kanner's first paper on his syndrome, autistic conditions were often diagnosed as _____. |
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| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) |
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| In the US in 1991 autism was included for the first time in the _____. |
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| Volkmar et. al [1985] pointed out that the age of diagnosis is more appropriately called the ____ and should not be assumed to be the real age of onset. |
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