Schizophrenia and autism

Schizophrenia or Autism description within a Case Study format of a child (include age, symptoms, characteristics, intervention plan etc) Please assist with examples of what typical symptoms or characteristics that they would have in detail.

How are schizophrenia and autism related?

Schizophrenia and autism seem to overlap at multiple levels. Therefore, it is not surprising that autism was initially believed to be an early manifestation of schizophrenia, and as such it was often referred to as “childhood psychosis” or “schizophrenic syndrome of childhood” (13,14).