Lamar Elijah
Lamar Elijah voted up Anonymous' answer
Hans Asperger used the word "Autistic" to describe the children he treated from the 1930s in Vienna, also Leo Kanner used the word "Autism" in Baltimore at about the same time, although it's thought that the two never met or communicated so it must be a coincidence that they both used the same word.
Lamar Elijah
Lamar Elijah voted up Anonymous' answer

The word "autism," which has been in use for about 100 years, comes from the Greek word "autos," meaning "self." The term describes conditions in which a person is removed from social interaction hence, an isolated self. A mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other … Read more

Lamar Elijah
Lamar Elijah voted up Nov Noveltman's answer

No. But. If you're a person living in the developed world, and you focus on a certain thing you want, with positive ways of focusing, -- most likely you will find yourself closer to getting what you want than if you weren't focusing on it at all.

As with almost all supernatural fluff, that little grain … Read more