Abstract Background Hans Asperger (1906–1980) first designated a group of children with
distinct psychological characteristics as 'autistic psychopaths' in 1938, several years before …

“An impassioned indictment, one that glows with the heat of a prosecution motivated by an
ethical imperative.”—Lisa Appignanesi, New York Review of Books In the first …

More than 60 years ago, two very similar descriptions of children displaying severe social
deficits and unusual behaviours were published, one in English, one in German, both using …

On reading the paper which follows, it will at once be clear that the six boys described by Dr
Ssucharewa some 70 years ago resemble very closely the children reported on by Asperger …

Asperger syndrome (AS) is one of the pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) which is a
family of congenital conditions characterized by marked social impairment, communication …

To date, it is questionable whether the diagnostic criteria for Asperger syndrome (AS) as
stated by ICD–10 or DSM–IV still reflect Asperger's original account of 'autistic …

Hans Asperger originally used the term “autistic psychopathy” to describe his patients on the
autism spectrum, leading to a possible confusion with psychopathic disorder and delinquent …

I read with interest the editorial in this journal (1985, 15, 359). I agree that no sharp
behavioral distinction can be drawn between higher-level autism and the clinical picture …

Scholars have long speculated about how Kanner and Asperger's descriptions of autistic
behavior appeared just 1 year apart in America and Austria even as World War II had …

Steve Silberman discovered a well-kept secret about autism. In his stunning big book
NeuroTribes (big in size at more than 500 pages, and big in vision, spanning the history of …