Dimensional approach to infantile autism in mentally retarded adults

Lund, Jenny; Jensen, Jørgen Bjerggaard

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1989.tb02995.x

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“…Even in the 1980s, autistic adults were largely invisible to research (with some notable exceptions, e.g. Lund & Jensen, ; Schopler & Mesibov, ). As described above, the majority of autistic people also had intellectual disability, and most adults would be in institutions or group homes.…”

Section: The Changing Concept Of Autism: 3 From Childhood To Life Spanmentioning

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Annual Research Review: Looking back to look forward – changes in the concept of autism and implications for future research

Happé

Frith

2020

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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The concept of autism is a significant contribution from child psychiatry that has entered wider culture and public consciousness, and has evolved significantly over the last four decades. Taking a rather personal retrospective, reflecting on our own time in autism research, this review explores changes in the concept of autism and the implications of these for future research. We focus on seven major changes in how autism is thought of, operationalised, and recognised: (1) from a narrow definition to wide diagnostic criteria; (2) from a rare to a relatively common condition, although probably still under‐recognised in women; (3) from something affecting children, to a lifelong condition; (4) from something discreet and distinct, to a dimensional view; (5) from one thing to many ‘autisms’, and a compound or ‘fractionable’ condition; (6) from a focus on ‘pure’ autism, to recognition that complexity and comorbidity is the norm; and finally, (7) from conceptualising autism purely as a ‘developmental disorder’, to recognising a neurodiversity perspective, operationalised in participatory research models. We conclude with some challenges for the field and suggestions for areas currently neglected in autism research.

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Section: The Changing Concept Of Autism: 3 From Childhood To Life Spanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Annual Research Review: Looking back to look forward – changes in the concept of autism and implications for future research

Happé

Frith

2020

Child Psychology Psychiatry

220

158

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“…Over the years, a number of researchers have suggested that autism may be better understood by examining the component behavioral and cognitive abnormalities of autism [Adrien et al, 2001;Beglinger and Smith, 2001;Bolte and Poustka, 2001;Coon, 2006;Dawson et al, 2002;Goodman, 1989;Gupta and State, 2007;Hollander et al, 1998;Klin et al, 2000;Kolevzon et al, 2004;Lund and Jensen, 1989;McBride et al, 1996;Myhr, 1998;Piven, 2001;Silverman et al, 2002;Skuse et al, 2004;South et al, 2005;Sung et al, 2005;Szatmari et al, 2002;Tanguay, 1999;Viding and Blakemore, 2007;Williams, 2006;Wing, 2005;Wing and Wing, 1971]. As early as 1971, Wing and Wing [1971] stated that the ''multiple impairments (of autism) can vary in severity andy can occur independently in various childhood conditions.''…”

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The potential role for emergence in autism

Anderson

2008

Autism Research

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Although most research on autistic behavior has considered autism categorically, the increasingly apparent genetic and phenotypic complexities of autism are prompting a more dimensional approach to this area. The long-standing interest in a less categorical approach is made clear from a review of literature. The accumulating empirical support for viewing autism-related phenomena as separable and fractionable is outlined and includes data indicating that many of the behaviors occur in isolation in family members and the general population, are not highly correlated within individuals, and appear to be inherited separately. However, it is emphasized that some of the most common and characteristic phenomena observed in individuals diagnosed with autism do not run in their families. It is suggested that these novel, ''emergent,'' phenomena may arise in the individual from interacting configurations of co-occurring traits or from the interaction of genetic and biological factors underlying the traits. A number of autism-related phenomena including intellectual disability, seizures, persistence of primitive reflexes, stereotypies, self-injurious behavior, savant abilities, and morphological abnormalities, among others, are discussed as potentially being emergent. It is concluded that consideration of the role of emergence in autistic behavior and related phenomena should complement a reductionist approach and might help illuminate the components and complexities of autism.

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Early detection of autism. Diagnostic instruments for clinicians

Gillberg¹,

Nordin²,

Ehlers³

1996

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Autism and Asperger syndrome are disorders with early childhood onset. They are believed to exist on the same spectrum of impairments of reciprocal communication and social interaction restriction of imagination and behaviour. A number of screening and diagnostic tools have been developed in the field, and several of these are briefly reviewed here. It is concluded that autism may be screened around age 18 months and a diagnosis reliably be made around age 30 months, whereas a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome is not usually suspected, screened or made until into the child's school age.

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Dimensional approach to infantile autism in mentally retarded adults

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Annual Research Review: Looking back to look forward – changes in the concept of autism and implications for future research

Annual Research Review: Looking back to look forward – changes in the concept of autism and implications for future research

The potential role for emergence in autism

Early detection of autism. Diagnostic instruments for clinicians

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