Wing, Lorna. "The history of ideas on autism: legends, myths and reality." Autism 1.1 (1997): 13-23.
https://scholar.google.co.kr/scholar?cluster=10997647189080334684&hl=ko&as_sdt=0,5 The history of ideas on autism Legends, myths and reality s autism © 1997 SAGE Publications London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi, Vol 1(1) 13-23 ISSN 1362-3613 LORNA WING The National Autistic Society, London, UK aetiology; autistic spectrum; early literature; ABSTRACT The development of ideas about the nature of autism is KEYWORDS described, covering myths and legends, accounts of individuals in the historical literature, the search for identifiable subgroups, Kanner's and Asperger syndromes, and the current view of a wide autistic spectrum. Changes in theories of aetiology are outlined, including the early magical and mystical beliefs, the era when purely psychological and emotional causes were promulgated, and the present day research into biological mechanisms. The major advances in understanding the neurological and psychological aspects of autism, which have led to the development of sp...