History: A German psychiatrist who first observed autism, the actual father of Neurodiversity. The former diagnosis “Asperger’s” is named after him.
Leo Kanner took credit for Hans Asperger’s work and catalyzed the medical model’s relatively harsh view of autism.
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An Austrian pediatrician who is best known for discovering Asperger's syndrome (a form of high functioning autism).
Aspergers are named after Hans Asperger.
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