[LadyDoc]

Anyone who sees the head banging, drooling diaper wearing severe autistics would never confuse them with ‘retarded’ kids from the past.

actually, back in the good old days, we had entire wards in the long term care institutions for the retarded full of such kids.

The gentle ones could be cared for at home.

[Black Agnes]

Then why was there a differential diagnosis even in the 1940’s and 50’s?