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On 29 Dec 2005 21:57:20 -0800, "Michael" <michael.lu...@daterra.ab.ca> 'Kanner was the first to publish a paper describing Autism in 1943. References
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>i'm not sure about asperger, but are you the John Keller of the Aryan Next year is International Asperger Year to mark the 100th anniversary
>Peoples' Press. you used to sign your writing like that.
of his birth. So we can expect all sorts of weirdoes to try and muscle
in on the event. But, as I wrote in my book,
Asperger's paper from 1944 was largely ignored as he published in
German from within the Third Reich. But he was no nazi. Today we may
detect a tendency in his writing to paint too positive a picture of
potential outcomes for people with Autism. He used the phrase
"autistic intelligence" approvingly as an explanation for genius.
Frith (1989) suggests that this "must be seen in the light of his
fervent belief in the powers of education." It should also be seen in
the light of his desire to save his patients from the gas chambers
that awaited all deemed defective by the nazi state.' (Stanton 2000
p24)
Uta Frith (ed.): Autism and Asperger Syndrome (Cambridge University
Press, 1991)
Mike Stanton: Learning to Live with High Functioning Autism; A
Parent's Guide for Professionals. (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000)
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mike stanton
serving neither god nor mammon on the lonely planet.
http://mikestantonsautism.blogspot.com