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Asperger's syndrome

(Redirected from Asperger’s syndrome)

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Named after Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger (1906–1980).

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Asperger's syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (dated, uncountable, neurology) An autism-related developmental disorder characterised by sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines.
    Synonyms: AS, Asperger's, (obsolete) autistic psychopathy
    Hypernym: pervasive developmental disorder

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  • From ICD-11 and DSM-5 on, Asperger's syndrome has been merged with other disorders into autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and deemed a relatively mild manifestation of it.
  • The term has become controversial, particularly because of Hans Asperger's activities during the Second World War (although his attitude towards Nazism is disputed).

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  1. ^ “asperger-syndrome”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionaries‎[1], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2014-05-08
  3. ^ Oxford Dictionaries‎[2], 2018 May 13 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2016-10-02
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