The history of ideas on autism - Legends, myths and reality

Autism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-23

  Wing, Lorna ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^b Elliot House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Autistic spectrum; Early literature; Historical account

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003160217     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361397011004     Document Type: Article

References (12)

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