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German psychiatrist, Eugen Bleuler, used Autism to describe a symptom of the most severe cases of schizophrenia.

Evans B. (2013). How autism became autism: The radical transformation of a central concept of child development in Britain. History of the human sciences, 26(3), 3–31. doi:10.1177/0952695113484320

Leo Kanner, a doctor noticed the typical attributes of a children with what we now know is Autism which was classified as mental retardation.
https://www.nationalautismcenter.org/autism/historical-perspective/

Hans Asperger (in Austria) proposed a novel concept, autistic psychopathy
https://www.aacap.org › AACAP › docs › Autism Spectrum Disorders

Evans B. (2013). How autism became autism: The radical transformation of a central concept of child development in Britain. History of the human sciences, 26(3), 3–31. doi:10.1177/0952695113484320

Even some student's deaths occurred inside the school due to the way they were treated
https://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2014/04/evolution-of-autism-in-public-schooling/

Along with Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Due process needs to take place for any other placement to be given to a student with disabilities. Built on the fact that students with disabilities are a group and separate is not equal.

The U.S. Congress enacted the Education for All
Handicapped Children Act, Public Law (P.L.) 94-142,
in 1975.
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/idea-35-history.pdf

Singh, R., Turner, R. C., Nguyen, L., Motwani, K., Swatek, M., & Lucke-Wold, B. P. (2016). Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Autism: Elucidating Shared Mechanisms. Behavioural neurology, 2016, 8781725. doi:10.1155/2016/8781725

Singh, R., Turner, R. C., Nguyen, L., Motwani, K., Swatek, M., & Lucke-Wold, B. P. (2016). Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Autism: Elucidating Shared Mechanisms. Behavioural neurology, 2016, 8781725. doi:10.1155/2016/8781725