Asperger and his syndrome in 1944 and today

Abstract

We present the clinical picture Hans Asperger named ‘autistic child psychopathy’ in the context of its discovery, a designation which has persisted to date, and relate that syndrome to Leo Kanner’s early infantile autism, which was discovered at the same time. We discuss the way Asperger’s work has remained neglected by researchers until the 1980s.