| Title |
History and First Descriptions of Autism: Asperger Versus Kanner Revisited
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-016-2746-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
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. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Canada | 2 | 18% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 55% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 7 | 64% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 18% |
| Scientists | 2 | 18% |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 95 | 99% |
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| Student > Master | 21 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 14% |
| Unknown | 15 | 16% |
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| Psychology | 32 | 33% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 20% |
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