Background The background of Autism, how did it all begin? Before Autism was named, our ancestors did not know what it was, but they label it as being mentally retarded.” Eugene Bleuler a Swiss psychiatrist, was the first to use the term in 1911, refer to one in the group symptoms of schizophrenia” (www.webmd.com). It was until the 1940’s when doctors started using the word autism because they found that it was an emotional and social issue. Many thought the person was just insane.
One of the founders of autism is a man named Leo Kanner, who first called it early infantile autism. Who studied eleven children who had the same behavioral likeness or resemblance? Doctors had thought that they found a treatment for this disease. Later down …show more content…
William the youngest of three likes to be called Will who has been diagnosed autism. William is nine years of age and is struggling and having at rough time in school. Born into in a family with a father, mother and two other siblings. One parent has been diagnosed with autism which is the mother. Who has had it since birth and in the back of her mind fears William has it too.
None of Williams other siblings have it. She notice that William started showing signs around 2 years of age. Her family and friends saw them also, but she passed it of as him being shy, the youngest, and in his own world. Nothing was wrong with her son because he was loveable, unique, cute, but all along hoping not him. William’s mom wanted a different outcome when it came to him. It was a long journey for William’s mother and since science is more advance now, then back then.
Williams’s mother has held on to some gleam of hope that it would skip her son. Now her deepest concerns have come to past. It wasn’t easy to hear that William has autism. Her question where do we go from here? With the many challenges that lie ahead. William begin to show signs of communication and social issues at an early
One of the founders of autism is a man named Leo Kanner, who first called it early infantile autism. Who studied eleven children who had the same behavioral likeness or resemblance? Doctors had thought that they found a treatment for this disease. Later down …show more content…
William the youngest of three likes to be called Will who has been diagnosed autism. William is nine years of age and is struggling and having at rough time in school. Born into in a family with a father, mother and two other siblings. One parent has been diagnosed with autism which is the mother. Who has had it since birth and in the back of her mind fears William has it too.
None of Williams other siblings have it. She notice that William started showing signs around 2 years of age. Her family and friends saw them also, but she passed it of as him being shy, the youngest, and in his own world. Nothing was wrong with her son because he was loveable, unique, cute, but all along hoping not him. William’s mom wanted a different outcome when it came to him. It was a long journey for William’s mother and since science is more advance now, then back then.
Williams’s mother has held on to some gleam of hope that it would skip her son. Now her deepest concerns have come to past. It wasn’t easy to hear that William has autism. Her question where do we go from here? With the many challenges that lie ahead. William begin to show signs of communication and social issues at an early