Od autystycznej psychopatii do neuroróżnorodności. Definicje słownikowe leksemu autyzm w słownikach ogólnych języka polskiego (1958-2017)
From autistic psychopathy to neurodiversity. Definitions of the autism lexeme in general dictionaries of the Polish language (1958-2017)

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the history of diagnosing and defining autism in contemporarygeneral dictionaries of the Polish language over the years 1958–2017.The word autism belongs to words which in dictionaries belong to the groupdependent on the history of consciousness about this phenomenon, the processof its cognition and diagnosis. Most of the dictionaries examined rightly addressthis phenomenon in the context of the triad of impairments in autism: aloofness,lack of contact with the environment and limited ability to communicatewith others. Unfortunately, some of the dictionaries also contain factual errors,suppositions and even myths, which negatively affects the value of the definition.The latest dictionaries only duplicate the content of former dictionariesand do not take into account modern concepts of autism spectrum disorders.

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