An in-depth copy of lecture notes on Autism. Covers the history of the diagnosis, current diagnosis, steps to diagnosis and more. Written in Cornell Notes style with a summary and recall questions to help guide your independent study and further your understanding.
Class Psychological well-being and individual differences
Type Lecture
Reviewed
Level 4
Teacher Helen Basu Chaudhuri
Week 14
📌 SUMMARY: Autism is a condition that was first coined in DSM-II in 1980.
The current diagnostic criteria in DSM-V includes social communication and
interaction impairments and repetitive, restrictive movements, which must
be persistent and present in early development. Autism is not always
diagnosed, partly due to its co-morbidities, which include anxiety and
depression. Interventions aim to help people with Autism to manage in daily
life as independently as possible.
Class Notes:
Recall Notes
Write 3+ Qs to test Historical context
Future You
Leo Kanner (1944)
When was the
Low verbal abilities
term ‘autism’ first
coined in DSM? Good fine motor skills
1980 Learns best by rote
Autism 1
, What did DSM- Hans Asperger (1943)
3 say may be
Fluent, adult-like language
present but was
not required? Clumsiness
delayed Poor fine motor skills
language Learns best spontaneously
What is the Abstract thinkers
current diagnostic
criteria? Similarities:
Social Extreme isolation
communication Insistence on sameness
and interaction
Sensory sensitivity
impairments
and repetitive, Excellent rote memory
restrictive
Delayed echolalia
movements.
These must be Lack of eye contact
persistent and Limited interests
present in early
Highly intelligent families
development.
1960s & 70s → diagnosis of ‘Juvenile Schizophrenia’
How do
children get Thought to be caused by maternal deprivation
diagnosed?
1979 → Seminal paper by Lorna Wing & Judith Gould
Through introduced the ‘Triad of Impairments’
recognition
Difficulties with social interaction
from family and
education Difficulties with social communication
systems and Repetitive behaviour & interests
then referral to
1980s → cognitive theories
a GP and then
specialists. 2000s → Autism spectrum, genetics, neurobiology
How do adults 2010s → Neurodiversity - autism a difference not a disorder
get diagnosed?
Diagnostic criteria:
Case presented
1980 → Term ‘autism’ first formally used in DSM-III
to GP, then
referral to 1987 → DSM-IIIR
Autism 2
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