Asperger's Children The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
This meticulously researched history challenges the benevolent image of Hans Asperger, the physician whose name is synonymous with a spectrum of neurodevelopmental conditions. Edith Sheffer reveals the disturbing complicity of Asperger and his colleagues within Nazi Vienna, where children were categorized for “treatment” or extermination. Discover how the very foundations of modern autism diagnosis were laid amidst the horrors of the Third Reich, forcing a re-examination of how we understand and label developmental differences.
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