The ICD 10 is released, formally recognising Asperger’s Syndrome for the first time The House Tibet, Georgia Savage [explicit autism – 8 year old boyįamily Pictures, Sue Miller The October Child, Eleanor Spence (alternatively published as The Devil Hole in 1977) Ī more detailed explanation of autism emerges in the ICD 9Īutism is recognised in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Volume III (DSM III)Ĭlear Light of Day, Anita Desai ĭaystar and Shadow, James B. Dick Īutism is first recognised in diagnostic manuals, in the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases, Volume 8 (ICD 8)Īn Act of Loving, Robert Russell (child is killed for being autistic) Leo Kanner coins the term autism in the modern understanding of the term If I have made any mistakes or you would like to request a text to be added, please contact me. The list largely does not include self-published works, and contains texts that are aimed at children upwards which are predominantly text (as opposed to picture books). This list was compiled by trawling texts and lists and compiling as much data as possible, and as far as I know is the most comprehensive list of novels which feature a character with autism that is publically available. The list also contains updates to the two major diagnostic manuals for context. The following list contains English language works (excluding translations) that include at least one character who is explicitly identified as having autism.
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