Autistic youngsters are children living in shells (1967) by Robert Shields, London Observer Writer “Alan behaves as though other people don’t exist. He shows no
We know of no earthly reason to believe that autism is a symptom of emotional disturbance stemming from the parents’ attitudes or their handling of the child.
“Wooden doll” illness noted at university A recently recognized type of emotional illness characterized by “animated wooden doll” behavior and computer-like mental processes strikes in
Here’s a vintage newspaper article from 1967 that is actually quite consistent with many of today’s perspectives on autism.
True autism is defined by specific characteristics — characteristics guaranteed to have any mother, babysitter, and even many doctors climbing the wall.
Interest centers in two new compounds that have remarkable quieting effect; Longer wait, however, believed necessary By Albert W Bloom, Post-Gazette Staff Writer The era
A doctor smashed his way into a locked bedroom — and found Marilyn Monroe dead in bed, nude, a telephone clutched in her hand, an empty pill bottle nearby.
By his high-school graduation, today’s typical teenager will have logged at least 15,000 hours before the small screen — more time than he will have spent on any other activity except sleep.
Carnation’s famous pumpkin pie: The traditional Thanksgiving dessert (1959) 
Genuine original Crock-Pot Slow Cookers from the ’70s 
If you love San Francisco, don’t miss this ’50s video blast from the past 
Women: Do you have the ideal figure? Here’s what ‘they’ thought in 1950 
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