On the development of autistic disturbed children
This paper concerns the development into adolscense of autistic children. The diagnostic problems of the syndrome are not reviewed. Attention is given to possible causes and some epidemiologic aspects of the syndrome.
The manifestation of the syndrome, and the youngest age of the children, when demonstrating the autistic syndrome most clearly, is discussed. Attention is given to the influence of parents and specialists on early identification of the syndrome and on the extention of the syndrome. Also is discussed the possible influence of existing brain damage on the development of autistic children, and the consequente of the autistic handicap on the development of their relations and speech, and the problems of this handicap for their upbringing and the various forms of psychotherapy.