“I don’t remember anything about autism in the 50’s. Was it called something else then?”
I don’t think there was any name for it. I was born in 54 and had a neighbor kid who was Rain Man level autistic and no one knew at the time what his situation was.
>>“I don’t remember anything about autism in the 50’s. Was it called something else then?”<<
Apparently it was referred to medically as childhood schizophrenia prior to the change in terminology to autism. At least that’s what I read somewhere today while reading some sites trying to sort out the actual increase in autism.