The Horrifying History of Hans Asperger
Jill Escher is an autism research philanthropist, president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, autism housing provider, and mother of two children with nonverbal forms of autism. Several of […]
Jill Escher is an autism research philanthropist, president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, autism housing provider, and mother of two children with nonverbal forms of autism. Several of […]
By Claudia Mazzucco In 1942, the world was a hellish place when Austrian pediatrician Dr. Hans Asperger submitted to Vienna University his postdoctoral thesis (published two years later). Adolf Hitler […]
The following paragraphs were taken from an opinion piece recently published in the New York Times by Edith Sheffer (Sunday Review, March 31, 2018). Ms. Sheffer is a senior fellow […]
Recently I had the opportunity to read an article by John Elder Robison. The same was titled, “Kanner, Asperger, and Frankl: A Third Man at the Genesis of the Autism […]
Recientemente Jim Harris escribió una revisión crítica de dos libros los cuales tratan sobre la historia del autismo (JAACAP 55 [8]: 729-733, 2016). Uno de los libros reseñados fue Neurotribes […]
Recently Jim Harris wrote a critical review of two published books dealing with the history of autism (JAACAP 55[8]:729-733, 2016). One of the books reviewed was Neurotribes written by […]
Es claro a estas alturas que Hans Asperger fue responsable de la muerte de muchos niños durante la ocupación del régimen nazi en Austria. La persona que descubrió esta conexión […]
It is by now clear that Asperger partook a role in the Nazi regime and was responsible for the death of many children. The person who discovered the connection and […]
It is striking that in today’s society the killing of handicapped individuals is condoned and that reverberations of euthanasia as so-called “mercy killings” can be used to justify such measures. […]
Hace una semana recibí el libro de Donvan y Zucker entitulado”Una Clave Diferente”. El libro detalla algunos aspectos sobre la historia del autismo. Esta es la edición de cobertura dura […]
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