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(Psychiatrist) Leo Kanner was an Austrian-American psychiatrist known for his pioneering work on infantile autism. He established the first child psychiatry clinic in the United States and served as Chief of Child Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Kanner's influential paper, "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact," introduced the concept of "early infantile autism" and outlined key characteristics of the condition. As a co-founder of The Children's Guild, a nonprofit organization dedicated to child welfare, he is considered a highly influential figure in American psychiatry in the 20th century.
