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Maudsley Hospital. Lorna Gladys Wing OBE FRCPsych (née Tolchard; 7 October 1928 – 6 June 2014) was a British psychiatrist notable for her pioneering research into autism. She coined the term Asperger's syndrome and helped found the National Autistic Society.
Laura Elizabeth Loomer (born May 21, 1993) [1] is an American far-right [a] political activist, conspiracy theorist, [b] and internet personality.She was the Republican nominee to represent Florida's 21st congressional district in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, losing to Democrat Lois Frankel.
1. Valerie Mahaffey (born June 16, 1953) [1] is an American character actress and producer. [1] She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 1992, Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award ...
Lorna Wing coined the term Asperger's syndrome in 1976 [23] and is also credited with widely popularizing the term in the English-speaking medical community in her February 1981 publication [24] [25] of a series of case studies of children showing similar symptoms. [1]
Laura Elizabeth Dern was born on February 10, 1967, in Los Angeles, California. [1][2][3][4] The daughter of actors Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern and great-granddaughter of former Utah governor and Secretary of War George Dern, she was conceived while her parents were filming The Wild Angels. [2] Poet, writer, and Librarian of Congress Archibald ...
Anna May Wong seated in her mother's lap, c. 1905 This is a duplicate copy of the Certificate of Identity issued to actress Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong was born Wong Liu Tsong (黃柳霜, Liu Tsong literally meaning "willow frost") on January 3, 1905, on Flower Street in Los Angeles, one block north of Chinatown, in an integrated community of Chinese, Irish, German and Japanese residents.
Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress [346] Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor ( Gilmore Girls ) [ 347 ] David Paymer (born 1954), character actor [ 348 ]
The "Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders" (DISCO) was released in March 2002 by Lorna Wing and others. [404] It was a further development of the child-specific "Handicaps Behaviour and Skills" (HBS) schedule Wing had developed in the 1970s. [405] As of 2023, it is still in use in the UK. [405]