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Leo Kanner first described autism in his 1943 article in Nervous Child titled "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact". Throughout, he describes the eleven children with autism in exacting detail. In the closing paragraphs, the parents of autistic children are described as emotionally cold. Yet, he concludes that the condition as he described it was innate. Since its publication, his observations about parents have been a source of controversy surrounding the original definition of autism.
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- Cohmer, Sean (Author)
- Hurlbut, James B (Thesis advisor)
- Maienschein, Jane (Committee member)
- Laubichler, Manfred (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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- 2014
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- Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2014Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-61)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Biology
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by Sean Cohmer