Eugenics & Statements

"We were very hands-on parents. But in our dealings with his teachers and school administrators, there always seemed to be something left unsaid. It was like there was an elephant in the room that we didn’t know about." View Entire Post ›

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 devoted researcher, Asperger was in fact deeply influenced by Nazi psychiatry. Although he did offer individualized care to children he deemed promising, he also prescribed har...