Press Play with Madeleine Brand
'Asperger's syndrome' is named after a Nazi
The medical term Asperger’s gets thrown around a lot, even though it’s not an official diagnosis anymore. One historian says that should stop -- because Dr. Hans Asperger of Vienna in the 1930s was a Nazi.
By Madeleine Brand • • 38m ListenThe medical term Asperger’s gets thrown around a lot, even though it’s not an official diagnosis anymore. One historian says that should stop -- because Dr. Hans Asperger of Vienna in the 1930s was a Nazi.
Images of Dr. Hans Asperger courtesy of Edith Sheffer.
