Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by Edith Sheffer

Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna

Edith Sheffer with Christa Lewis (Narrator)

Audiobook edition 9h 33m audio 2018

10 editions

nonfiction history psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1930s and 1940s Vienna, child psychiatrist Hans Asperger sought to define autism as a diagnostic category, aiming to treat those children, usually boys, he deemed capable of participating fully in society. Depicted as a compassionate and devote...

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