Summary
Contents
Written by the mother of a child with Asperger’s syndrome, this book covers diagnosis and recognizing the difference, providing support and understanding, and communication.
Introduction
Introduction
Hans Asperger was an Austrian pediatrician. In 1944, he published his documented observations of groups of children, predominately boys, exhibiting a host of behavior patterns which included:
- lack of interest in social interaction
- lack of empathy
- intense focus on special interests
- and motor clumsiness.
Decades later, in 1981, a British researcher named Lorna Wing, published a paper which further described the intricacies of Asperger's syndrome. It wasn't until ...