We present the clinical picture Hans Asperger named ‘autistic child psychopathy’ in the context of its discovery, a designation which has persisted to date, and relate that syndrome to Leo Kanner’s early infantile autism, which was discovered at the same time. We discuss the way Asperger’s work has remained neglected by researchers until the 1980s.
Autism; autistic chidl psychopathy; Asperger syndrome; early infantile autism; Kanner