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Created page with "Leo Kanner (born June 13, 1894 – died April 3, 1981) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and physician well known for his work related to autism. In 1943, Kanner publishe..."
Leo Kanner (born June 13, 1894 – died April 3, 1981) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and physician well known for his work related to autism. In 1943, Kanner published a paper, "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact" describing 11 children who were highly intelligent but displayed "a massive desire for aloneness" and "an obsessive insistence on sameness". He later names their condition "early infantile autism" Because of this he is referred as the "father of child psychiatry". He is considered to be one of the most influential American clinical psychiatrists of the 20th century.