The history of cases of individuals with observed expressions analogous to ASD date back as far as 1806. At that time they were considered cases of insanity (Wolff, 2004). The evolution of ASD (aka autism) began in 1943 – 1944 when two different researchers, Leo Kanner in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. and Hans Asperger in Vienna, Austria separately described cases of children who presented symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia (Barthélémy & Bonney-Brilhault, 2013). Both researchers identified the symptoms as “autism” because it was a term used to describe schizophrenic individuals who withdrew from reality (Barthélémy & Bonney-Brilhault, 2013). Kanner’s description of children with autism was that they, “have come into the world with innate inability to form the usual, biologically provided affective contact with people” (Wolff, 2004, p.203). Both Asperger and Kanner’s observations included stereotypic behaviors, poor emotional and social interactions, lack of empathy and poor body coordination (Wolff, 2004). At that time, Kanner postulated that autism and childhood schizophrenia were caused by distant parents (Kanner, 1949), which popularly became known as “Refrigerator Mothers”. It was not until two decades later that researchers focused on developing more sensitive diagnostics demonstrating that autism did not directly relate to schizophrenia or to poor parenting (Bailey, Phillips & Rutter, 1996; Folstein & Rutter, 1977; Rutter, 1968; Rutter, 1970). Since the early 1970’s, there have been academic journals reporting on expressions of autism. It has become commonly referred to as ASD, and to date there are four journals dedicated entirely to ASD. In the 1990s an increasing number of parents and advocates emerged and led cultural, political and attitudinal change toward ASD in the U.S.