Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Autism/PDD: Yale Child Study Center - 0 views
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Childhood Disintegrative Disorder This rather rare condition was described many years before autism (Heller, 1908) but has only recently been 'officially' recognized.
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The condition develops in children who have previously seemed perfectly normal. Typically language, interest in the social environment, and often toileting and self-care abilities are lost, and there may be a general loss of interest in the environment. The child usually comes to look very 'autistic', i.e., the clinical presentation (but not the history) is then typical of a child with autism.
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A special educator in Vienna, Theodore Heller, proposed the term dementia infantilis to account for the condition.
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