Autism First described and named by Leo Kanner in 1944, the mysterious disability of autism is characterized by a peculiar emotional and intellectual detachment from other people and the common world. An impaired capacity to have social relationships and to speak becomes evident by the age of three. Although the symptoms vary in nature and severity, language and the capacity for a normal social life are always seriously affected. It occurs more in boys than in …showed first 75 words of 891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 891 total…core or self is likely to emerge under the influence of a treatment that changes all the child's thinking and behavior at once. An autistic person does not learn because he does not respond normally to environmental stimuli in general or to reward and punishment in particular. The therapist discovers which skills a child lacks and needs, breaks down the required actions into small units and then helps the child put them together in sequence.