preautistic
English
Etymology
pre- + autistic
Adjective
preautistic (not comparable)
- Before the onset of autism.
- 1989, Johnny L. Matson, Chronic schizophrenia and adult autism
- Bettelheim's (1967) theory of autism proposes that for several possible reasons (e.g., pain or discomfort, misperception) the preautistic child perceives that his mother has rejected him/her and begins to withdraw from him/her […]
- 1989, Johnny L. Matson, Chronic schizophrenia and adult autism