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this version of
Autism was copied or moved into
Classic autism with
this edit on 02:04, 25 June 2022. The former page's
history now serves to
provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.
The article most recently provided
this source for the term "classic autism" as well as some other claims regarding use of terminology (see
this version), all of which the source does not appear to support. In fact, it does not even contain the term "classic autism".
I have failed to find a source that shows "classic autism" to be a regularly used term. Google Scholar produces just a little more than
4,000 publications that include the term, some of which are likely to refer to
non-syndromic autism, which is also sometimes called "classic autism". Compared to the
75,000 publications that mention "autistic disorder" (the name of the diagnosis in the DSM-IV) and the
68,000 publications that mention "childhood autism" (the name of the diagnosis in the ICD-10), that's minimal. The
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders contains no entry for the term (not even the equivalent of a Wikipedia redirect) and just a handful of mentions, two of which are in quotation marks. While in these few cases the term appears to be consistently used to refer to the condition described in the article all mentions are in entries unrelated to the article's main subject.
Hi @
Xurizuri, I saw that you performed the split of this article from
autism and that you mentioned lengthy and complicated discussions. Can you (or anyone else reading this) point me to the discussion where this title was picked and/or literature that demonstrate that "classic autism" is a widely used term for the condition described in the article?--
TempusTacet (
talk)
18:07, 14 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Hi
Xurizuri, thanks for trying to remember and linking the discussions. I had already tried to Ctrl+F my way through these and wasn't particularly successful. The conclusion I've come to in the meantime is that "classic autism" is a term that has at some point been established in the discussions but is not particularly common outside of Wikipedia. I agree that "Kanner autism" is equally uncommon but it's at least listed as a synonym in the DSM IV.
I'll probably suggest moving the article to "infantile autism", as this is the name Kanner gave it and how it has been known for the longest time. But let's see if others have something to say about terminology.--
TempusTacet (
talk)
09:33, 22 June 2023 (UTC)reply
I see that I missed a discussion about this, and the one below has now been closed with no real conclusion.
I'd be opposed to a move to 'infantile' or 'childhood' autism because these were always very misleading names, and in the context of modern usage they just sound like they should simply refer to
autism in children, which is not what they mean at all. This category was the successor to what DSM-I and DSM-II called 'childhood schizophrenia', which was even more wrong, but was used from 1952-1980.
It's difficult to know what is the best way of dealing with obsolete and deprecated diagnostic categories; there would be a fairly strong case for removing this page altogether and redirecting to
history of autism, honestly.
Consumption is a disambiguation page directing people to
Tuberculosis;
Vapours (mental condition) gets a short, historical entry;
Ego-dystonic sexual orientation (not 'ego-dystonic homosexuality') gets a rather longer one, as well as a place in
Homosexuality in the DSM.
I think it's important not to use a title which risks confusing modern readers. I don't know what people specifically interested in the obsolete category are most likely to search for, but I think it's unlikely to be 'infantile autism'? 'Classic autism' is not an especially unusual term
[1][2][3]. I don't think raw Google Scholar numbers are especially helpful here - a quick search on more recent papers shows that 'infantile autism' is used not just for the historical category, but also to describe autism in children, for example.
Oolong (
talk)
13:55, 12 September 2023 (UTC)reply
Just found this discussion after getting confused as to why
Autism spectrum isn't just titled Autism. Don't have much more to chime in other than that "classic autism" is an obvious Wikipedia neologism that isn't used (at least not in this sense) in the academic literature. ~
F4U (
talk •
they/it)
03:19, 12 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Representation of Autistic People may be Lacking in this Article
Wikipedia isn't awesome, but this section of it can be made better be adding substance from the publications of Autistic Scholars & Social Activists combined.
141.224.33.135 (
talk)
02:17, 22 June 2023 (UTC)reply
The article can surely use an update and expansion. Since infantile autism is no longer considered a separate diagnosis/condition, it should also be easier to do that. Do you have any specific suggestions on topics and literature that should be covered? I also don't think that the article is protected, so you could just add missing information yourself, which would be most welcome.--
TempusTacet (
talk)
09:35, 22 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Requested move 27 July 2023
The following is a closed discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: no consensus. The titles "infantile autism" and "childhood autism" were both suggested, and while they were both shown to be markedly
more common names than the current title, concerns were also raised that the proposed titles might confuse readers. Ultimately, neither opinion seems to have prevailed over the other, leaving a situation where no consensus has formed. (
closed by non-admin page mover)
ModernDayTrilobite (
talk •
contribs)
13:30, 31 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Classic autism → Infantile autism – The article most recently provided
this source for the term "classic autism" as well as some other claims regarding use of terminology (see
this version), all of which the source does not appear to support. In fact, it does not even contain the term "classic autism".
I have failed to find a source that shows "classic autism" to be a regularly used term. Google Scholar produces just a little more than
4,000 publications that include the term, some of which are likely to refer to
non-syndromic autism, which is also sometimes called "classic autism". Compared to the
75,000 publications that mention "autistic disorder" (the name of the diagnosis in the DSM-IV) and the
68,000 publications that mention "childhood autism" (the name of the diagnosis in the ICD-10), that's minimal. The
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders contains no entry for the term (not even the equivalent of a Wikipedia redirect) and just a handful of mentions, two of which are in quotation marks. While in these few cases the term appears to be consistently used to refer to the condition described in the article all mentions are in entries unrelated to the article's main subject.
Thus, I propose to move the article to
Infantile autism, which is the name coined by Leo Kanner that is also listed as a synonym in the ICD-10 as well as the DSM-IV. This is a well-established name that emphasizes the status as a "classic"/"prototypical" variant of the syndrome/diagnosis and does not give preference to either DSM or ICD.
TempusTacet (
talk) 09:18, 27 July 2023 (UTC) — Relisting.Frostly (
talk) 12:50, 3 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting.CLYDETALK TO ME/
STUFF DONE 20:16, 15 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting.Schierbecker (
talk)
04:59, 24 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Weak oppose. I think "Childhood autism" sounds more clear, but honestly, I don't think infantile is an informative name and will likely serve to be more confusing to folks.
Mason (
talk)
00:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Maybe? I don't have strong opinions about it, but I worry that childhood autism page name would also suggest that the page covered autism during childhood, as opposed to a specific diagnosis. I had similar concerns with infantile, as I would expect that such a page would cover autism during infancy. I'd be more supportive if the name were "Childhood autism (diagnosis)" or something to that effect.
Mason (
talk)
18:31, 20 August 2023 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Non syndromic Autism link
"non-syndromic autism" in the "not to be confused with" section links to the syndromic autism page, I'm new to editing but is there not a non-syndromic autism page, or the ability to link specifically to where non-syndromic autism is mentioned within the syndromic page?
Amber12177 (
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08:56, 31 May 2024 (UTC)reply