Asperger syndrome, a neurobiological syndrome which affects social and communication skills
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Hans Asperger (1906–1980), Austrian pediatrician after whom Asperger syndrome is named
They have performed original sketch comedy shows in many cities in Massachusetts, and have been interviewed several times by both local and national press.
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Asperger’s Are Us formed on the North shore of Massachusetts in the summer of 2010 after New Michael Ingemi, Jack Hanke, and Ethan Finlan graduated from a summer camp where Noah Britton was their counselor.
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The APA's Standard Diagnostic Manual came under criticism from autism specialists Tony Attwood and Simon Baron-Cohen for proposing the elimination of Asperger's syndrome as a disorder and replacing it with an autism severity scale.
Stan's depression is mistakenly diagnosed as Asperger's because he received a flu vaccination a year earlier.
The child identified as being an explosive child can be also classified as bipolar or diagnosed as having Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Intermittent explosive disorder, Tourette syndrome, Asperger's syndrome or obsessive compulsive disorder.
Carina Gillberg or Christopher Gillberg, who published a set of diagnostic criteria for Asperger's Syndrome (known) as Gillberg and Gillberg
An English psychiatrist, Lorna Wing, popularized the term "Asperger's syndrome" in a 1981 publication; the first book in English on Asperger syndrome was written by Uta Frith in 1991 and the condition was subsequently recognized in formal diagnostic manuals later in the 1990s.
John Elder Robison (born 1956), author of the 2007 memoir, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
Wing is the author of many books and academic papers, including Asperger's Syndrome: a Clinical Account, a 1981 academic paper that popularised the research of Hans Asperger and introduced the term "Asperger's syndrome".
For example, in the movie Mozart and the Whale (2005), the opening scene gives four clues that a leading character has Asperger syndrome, and two of these clues are extraordinary savant skills.
The site conducted an interview with America's Next Top Model contestant Heather Kuzmich who frequently talked about her Asperger's during Cycle 9 of the show.