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In Asperger's Children, historian Edith Sheffer argues for the abandonment of the notion of "Asperger's syndrome". After reading this book, Judy Sasha Rubinsztein says she is "convinced not to use the term 'Asperger's Syndrome' because it raises the spectre of that barbaric time when medical values were distorted to support Nazi ideology". [ 30 ]
Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer (née Seville; November 3, 1914 – March 30, 2013) was a Christian author and co-founder of L'Abri, a Christian organization which hosts guests. [1] She was the wife of Francis Schaeffer , and the mother of Frank Schaeffer and three other children.
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Lorna Gladys Tolchard was born at Gillingham, Kent, to Royal Navy engineer Bernard Newberry Tolchard (1898–1968) and Gladys Ethel (died 1962), née Whittell. [1] [2] Following education at Chatham Grammar School for Girls, she commenced medical training at University College Hospital in 1949.
Asperger's 1940 work, Autistic psychopathy in childhood, [9] found that four of the 200 children studied [10] had difficulty with integrating themselves socially. Although their intelligence levels appeared normal, the children lacked nonverbal communication skills, failed to demonstrate empathy with their peers, and were physically clumsy.
In later years, Asperger spoke of Hamburger with great admiration as a man of impressive skill, and said that his teaching had been of immense influence upon his career. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He joined the Nazi Party in 1934, at a time when it was still banned by the Austrofascist dictatorship of Engelbert Dollfuss . [ 5 ]
Lorna Wing's February 1981 publication of the paper "Asperger's Syndrome: A Clinical Account" [220] greatly increased awareness of the existence of Hans Asperger's autism work. [308] [309] [48] Wing summarised Asperger's autism syndrome, and made two challenges to points he had made. She also provided six case studies of her own, and much ...
The book mentioned on the RS noticeboard, Asperger's Children: the Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna does serve as another source. CatPath ( talk ) 19:22, 25 May 2018 (UTC) [ reply ] I just got done watching Professor Sheffer deliver a lecture on her book on C-SPAN ( link ), she's a history professor (specializing in German history) - 1st at ...