Autism Spectrum Disorder was first brought to awareness in the early 1940s by Leo Kanner, who was a psychiatrist at John Hopkins University. During this time, Kanner studied a group of children who have difficulties or defects within the following domains: relating to others, speech development, repetitive behaviors, and becoming upset by changes in their routine (Kirk, 2015). Ever since Kanner’s discovery, many individuals have followed in his footsteps by studying others who have similar struggles. This later led to finding a proper name for this disorder along with a proper diagnostic criteria being established. Subsequently, according to the classroom textbook, 1 in 50 children are diagnosed with ASD (Kirk, 2015). In contrast, a more up
