You may be aware that both a new book and an extensive piece of archival research have recently been published, documenting Hans Asperger's complicity in Nazi policies which led to the deaths of disabled children.
This is understandably upsetting to many people, particularly those with Asperger Syndrome diagnoses and those with children diagnosed. I have pulled together some resources which may help anyone with an interest better understand the situation and hopefully we can discuss any personal concerns here.
Asperger Syndrome has already been removed from the DSM and will not be present in the ICD-11. If you or your child/children have AS diagnosed the removal of the sub-category does not mean you lose your diagnosis, it just means that if diagnosed now you would be diagnosed with ASD/ASC. Many people are renouncing their Asperger/Aspie identities and instead adopting the broader autism/autistic identities, but this doesn't change who you are or who your children are.
Newspaper article on Sheffer's book:
mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/31/opinion/sunday/nazi-history-asperger.html
Newspaper article on Czech's research:
www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/hans-asperger-aided-and-supported-nazi-programme-study-says
Open access full journal paper:
molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-018-0208-6
Autistic perspective:
www.independent.co.uk/voices/hans-asperger-autism-eugenics-nazi-germany-lorna-wing-judith-gould-a8312536.html
Another autistic perspective:
crippledscholar.com/2018/04/20/reflecting-on-the-fact-that-hans-asperger-was-really-a-nazi-and-not-just-working-from-the-inside-to-protect-vulnerable-people/
Interesting discussion piece with Steve Silberman and Max Sparrow:
www.thinkingautismguide.com/2018/04/on-hans-asperger-nazis-and-autism.html?m=1
Can we please refrain for speculating and dwelling on the Nazi atrocities as it's likely to lead to this thread being deleted
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