History and First Descriptions of Autism: Asperger Versus Kanner Revisited

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Nick Chown, Liz Hughes

Abstract

When reading Michael Fitzgerald's chapter entitled 'Autism: Asperger's Syndrome-History and First Descriptions' in 'Asperger's Disorder' edited by Rausch, Johnson and Casanova, a while ago, one of us was struck by his contention that Kanner was guilty of plagiarism as well as non-attribution of Asperger's 1938 paper 'Das psychisch abnorme kind' (Fitzgerald in Asperger's disorder. Informa Healthcare, New York, 2008) published in a Vienna weekly. Steve Silberman has discovered evidence that Kanner rescued Asperger's chief diagnostician from the Nazis in 1944 so must have been aware of Asperger's work and conclusions. Fitzgerald was on the right track but it appears that Kanner may have plagiarised Asperger's ideas rather than his 1938 paper.

References

Jul 1, 1989·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines·I C Gillberg, C Gillberg
Sep 1, 1989·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·A Le CouteurJ McLennan
Mar 1, 1980·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·E SchoplerK Daly
Apr 25, 2012·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Nick Chown

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Citations

Feb 19, 2020·Current Opinion in Pediatrics·Stephanie EnnerSanjeev V Kothare
Dec 16, 2017·Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences·Annemieke Van Drenth
Jul 29, 2020·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Marga Vicedo, Juan Ilerbaig
Apr 9, 2020·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Sam Fellowes
Jul 28, 2021·Primary Care·Ashley Iles

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