'Early childhood autism, Asperger type', by H. Asperger (1982).

Asperger; autism spectrum disorder; children; neurodiversity; syndrome; Humans; History, 20th Century; Autism Spectrum Disorder/history; Child; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Child, Preschool; Asperger Syndrome/history; Asperger Syndrome; Psychiatry and Mental Health

Abstract :

[en] After his 1944 thesis, Asperger continued to write about autism, but none of these texts have been translated. At a time when autism spectrum disorder faces many challenges (e.g. the nature and measurement of autism), this text tells us more about the particular population that Asperger worked with. He describes sensitive, intelligent, creative and rational children, a far cry from the Wing triad. Moreover, 'Asperger's Syndrome' was introduced after he had died, was included in the DSM-IV in 1994 and was omitted from the DSM-5 in 2013. The question posed by this last text, written before his death, is whether Asperger's descriptions of autistic children are really part of the autism spectrum disorder or whether they are outside the pathological field.

Research Center/Unit :

Traverses - ULiège

Disciplines :

Theoretical & cognitive psychology

Author, co-author :

Rebecchi, Kevin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Traverses ; Université Lumière Lyon 2, France

Language :

English

Title :

'Early childhood autism, Asperger type', by H. Asperger (1982).

Publication date :

2024

Journal title :

History of Psychiatry

ISSN :

0957-154X

Publisher :

SAGE, England

Volume :

Issue :

3-4

Pages :

363 - 376

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0957154X241248261

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