Larry Welkowitz's Radio WeblogDiscussing Asperger's Disorder and other Psychology topicsHistory of Asperger's- April 13, 2003 I am sitting in my office (yes on a Sunday) with my student, Jeremy, talking about the history of Asperger's. It's interesting that Kanner (in the US) and Asperger (in Austria) came up with similar descriptions of what they called Autism in 1944, which lead to different focus of clinicians across the continents (with the US focusing on more severe types of autism and Europe focusing on the milder end of the spectrum as well). We really owe a lot to Tony Attwood, Lorna Wing, Uta.http://radio.weblogs.com/0105977/2003/04/13.html#a77 |