Season 3 · Episode 27
What Does AUTISM Mean?
Aspergers and Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] · Aspergers and Autism Talk
April 3, 20218m 46s
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Show Notes
What does autism mean? I break down the terminology and origins of the term and condition of autism.
What does Autism mean to you and what is the autism meaning in English? To answer that we have to look at where the term autism came from and the way it was first used.
Autism studies have been conducted since the 1940s and the studies have been done simultaneously in Europe and America at the same time.
The term autism refers to a set of neurological conditions in people that create issues and impairments in the daily life.
Autism can be identified through a diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder, diagnosable via the DSM5 diagnostic criteria.
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