L’autismo fu descritto ed identificato dallo psichiatra Leo Kanner in un contributo scientifico del 1943 dove descrisse i casi di alcuni bambini che presentavano caratteristiche comuni…

Autistic disturbances of affective contact by Leo Kanner

“Since 1938, there have come to our attention a number of children whose condition differs so markedly and uniquely from anything reported so far that each case merits—and, I hope will eventually receive—a detailed consideration of its fascinating peculiarities…. omissis…