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Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger ( / ˈæspɜːrɡər /, German: [hans ˈʔaspɛɐ̯ɡɐ]; 18 February 1906 – 21 October 1980 [1]) was an Austrian physician. Noted for his early studies on atypical neurology, specifically in children, he is the namesake of the autism spectrum disorder Asperger syndrome.
May 17, 2018 · The Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger has long been recognized as a pioneer in the study of autism. He was even seen as a hero, saving children with the condition from the Nazi killing...
Hans Asperger is famous for giving his name to “Asperger syndrome,” or high-functioning autism. Asperger described this syndrome in 1944, one year after Leo Kanner published his iconic article on autism.
May 8, 2018 · The Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger has long been recognized as a pioneer in the study of autism. He was even seen as a hero, saving children with the condition from the Nazi killing...
- Simon Baron-Cohen
- 2018
Jan 20, 2016 · Hans Asperger identified autism as a spectrum of disorders in the 1930s, but his work was ignored for decades because he went on to work under the Nazis. Research and treatment suffered as a...
But just 1 year later, paediatrician Hans Asperger, at the University of Vienna in Austria, wrote an article describing a group of children in his clinic who shared many of the same features. Kanner's paper became highly cited and high profile, whereas Asperger's article went almost unnoticed.
Apr 19, 2018 · Newly uncovered documents suggest Hans Asperger, the paediatrician whose name describes a form of autism, was actively involved in the Nazi regime's euthanasia programme...
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