Aspergers Syndrome

There are many researchers of Aspergers Syndrome who have brought this condition to where it is today.  They also continue to research as well as educate the public about this Autism Spectrum Disorder.  There is plenty of books, magazine articles, websites, and other forms of information about these researchers.  Here is a few of the researchers I have found:

Christopher Gillberg is a professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Gothenburg University in Gothenburg, Sweden.   He is known for research in Autism in children, Aspergers, and also ADHD and anorexia.

Lorna Wing is an English psychiatrist and physician.  She along with other parents founded the National Autistic Society in the UK in 1962 after becoming involved in researching developmental disorders and autism spectrum disorders due to her own child having autism. 

Tony Attwood is an English psychologist who lives in Australia.   He has a clinical practice at his diagnostic treatment clinic in Brisbane for Asperger’s Syndrome in children and adults.  He has also written many books about Aspergers Syndrome.

Simon Baron-Cohen is a professor of developmental psychopathology in the departments of psychiatry and experimental psychology.  He is director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge in the UK. 

Uta Frith works at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London as a leading developmental psychologist.  She has several books as well as published many papers on autism and dyslexia.   

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