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See how Thorazine, one of the first antipsychotics, was a hot new drug in the ’50s

In the ’50s, doctors started testing Thorzaine on patients – a drug capable of powerful, sweeping effects on the emotions, used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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What did people think of autism in the 1960s? Here’s a look back at some of the attempts to understand

While the term “early infantile autism” was first coined by Dr Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1943, for decades beyond that, autism

Sister and brother playing with dollhouse
Autism in the 1970s: Easy to define, hard to pinpoint, much controversy, few solutions

True autism is defined by specific characteristics — characteristics guaranteed to have any mother, babysitter, and even many doctors climbing the wall.

 
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