Bronx Chronicle Birthday of the Day February 18, 2016

Hans Asperger (1906)

Asperger was an Austrian psychiatrist who, in 1944, published the first definition of what is now known as Asperger syndrome. Calling it “autistic psychopathy,” he described a disorder characterized by severe impairment of social skills and restricted interests and behaviors, features that he himself appears to have exhibited as a child. Despite his patients’ handicaps, Asperger believed that they would someday make valuable contributions to society. Which of his patients won a Nobel Prize? More…

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