Part one of term paper
A biologically based developmental disorder, lasts throughout one’s lifetime. Although it is most commonly accompanied with mental retardation, can be traced to all IQ levels. Sometimes referred to as a behavioral syndrome, is a collection of symptoms that characteristically occur together. was first diagnosed in 1943, when Leo Kanner ...

Part two of term paper
... (Happe` 173). Why or how occurs is still unknown because diagnosis is based on a disease or illness model of the disorder. In recent years the theory that is a form of “mind blindness” has been very influential the past several years(Happe` 32) Each symptom occurs with varying frequency in disturbed children, and the likelihood of any group of symptoms is not so much universal as statistically possible(Levinson and Osterwell 7). The symptoms of can be consolidated into five major sym ...