Autism in Baltimore, 1938–1943

Vicedo, Marga; Ilerbaig, Juan

doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04602-4

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“…Starting in 1938, Kanner puzzled over some children brought to his clinic who shared behavioral similarities but did not fit into accepted psychiatric categories. After Weiss and Frankl escaped Nazi persecution and ended up in Baltimore, Kanner also benefited from their insights about the children they had seen in Vienna (Vicedo and Ilerbaig, 2020 ). In 1943 Kanner described 11 children displaying “autistic aloneness,” “insistence on sameness,” and limited emotional engagement with people.…”

Section: Autism: From Symptom To Spectrummentioning

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Autism's heterogeneity in historical perspective: from challenge to opportunity

Vicedo

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Section: Autism: From Symptom To Spectrummentioning

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Autism's heterogeneity in historical perspective: from challenge to opportunity

Vicedo

2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…The following passage indicates that a 'clear reason' may be closer to the point Albertine is trying to make than a verifiable medical diagnosis. Although discussion of autism amongst clinicians goes back to the 1930 and 1940s (Vicedo, Ilerbaig 2021), in the 1960s 'autistic' wasn't a common way of understanding the self: There were no allowances made for people who were a bit different in the 1960s, especially children. We didn't know or use terms like 'autistic spectrum', 'Asperger's' or 'Attention Deficit Disorder'.…”

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‘Confessions of a MILF (I chose being an artist over being a wife)’. Love and relationships in Viv Albertine’s memoirs.

Gratzke¹

2022

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The memoirs of (post-) punk musician Viv Albertine address the issue of choice or lack thereof in romantic and family relationships. They depict a world in which choice of romantic partners appears normal if often unsuccessful, whereas choice within family relationships is restricted. It is self-evident that one cannot choose one’s blood relatives. However, amplified by Albertine’s scepticism towards any social relationships, her two memoirs represent ‘negative choice’ (Eva Illouz) in heterosexual romantic relationships and the complex ways in which negative choice can change family dynamics. In her memoirs, Albertine presents loneliness as the opposite of love which aligns with her model of choice, as it is preferable to live a lonely life over being bound up in love relationships, romantic or familial, which are harmful to one’s wellbeing. This article demonstrates how the ethos of early punk is translated into an uncompromising process of life writing which presents itself as faithfulness towards the individual’s core need for self-realisation and self-expression against the backdrop of failing romantic and familial relationships, severe physical and mental health problems, a self-diagnosis of autism and a patriarchal society.

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“…Scholars have intimated that Sukhareva was ignored and that her articles may have been usurped by others [ 5 , 6 , 9 ]. Others argue that her publications require further historical study [ 10 – 12 ].…”

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Pioneering, prodigious and perspicacious: Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva’s life and contribution to conceptualising autism and schizophrenia

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Gibson

2021

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva’s seminal role in being the first to publish a clinical description of autistic traits in 1925, before both Kanner and Asperger, has been revealed relatively recently. Nevertheless, Sukhareva’s work is little known and largely unrecognised beyond Russia. Amidst calls for greater recognition of her pivotal contribution in the genesis of autism conceptualisation and categorisation, this article provides a biographical and historical background. Sukhareva’s wide-ranging psychiatric work is adumbrated and her pioneering efforts in conceptualising both schizophrenia and autism are elucidated. The article reflects on possible explanations for the belated and incomplete recognition of Sukhareva’s role. The current article indicates how Sukhareva’s work was ahead of its time in reflecting modern criteria for autism diagnoses and in its focus on female case studies. Sukhareva’s somewhat precarious position as a foremost psychiatrist condemned in the Stalinist years for being anti-Marxist is explicated. The article outlines further directions for academic research on Sukhareva’s work and contributions.

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Autism in Baltimore, 1938–1943

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

Autism's heterogeneity in historical perspective: from challenge to opportunity

Autism's heterogeneity in historical perspective: from challenge to opportunity

‘Confessions of a MILF (I chose being an artist over being a wife)’. Love and relationships in Viv Albertine’s memoirs.

Pioneering, prodigious and perspicacious: Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva’s life and contribution to conceptualising autism and schizophrenia

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