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How ASD affects people?
Using the continuum model, Kanner's Autism is most often used to define individuals with more global intellectual impairment; however, as Kanner indicates there is often no immediate way to accurately assess the intellectual or cognitive functioning of someone with Kanner's Autism. Kanner's definition of Autism was first published in 1943 as:
- An inability to relate to people and to situations from early life
- A failure to use language for communication with others
- An anxiously obsessive desire to maintain sameness
- A fascination for objects,or parts of objects, which are handled with skill in fine motor movements
- Good cognitive potential