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Hans Asperger

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The Resume

    (February 18, 1906-October 21, 1980)
    Born in Austria
    Identified the developmental disorder that later became known as Asperger Syndrome, a form of high functioning autism (1944)
    Chair of pediatrics at the University of Vienna (1944)
    Head of SOS Children’s Village in Hinterbrühl (1964)
    Birthday recognized on International Asperger’s Day

Why he might be annoying:

    As a child, he bored his classmates with his obsession with the Austrian national poet.
    Unbeknownst to him, Leo Kanner was doing virtually the same sort of research at a pediatric hospital in Baltimore.
    Asperger Syndrome has become a trendy disorder with nerds and moody teens.
    He frequently referred to himself in the third person.
    Aloof and withdrawn, he may have had Asperger Syndrome himself.
    His work did not become widely known until after his death.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His only sibling was killed in Stalingrad during World War II.
    He called children with high functioning autism ‘little professors.’
    Unlike Kanner, he felt autistics could make valuable contributions to society.
    He may have stressed the talents of autistic children to save them from the Nazis’ ruthless eugenics policies.
    During World War II, a school for autistic children he co-founded was bombed.
    He thought autism, characterized by poor communication skills and highly specialized interests, may be an exaggerated form of ‘male intelligence.’

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1095 Votes: 46.48% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2227 Votes: 41.85% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 280 Votes: 52.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1228 Votes: 47.07% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 62 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 36 Votes: 52.78% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 102 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 14.81% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 133 Votes: 58.65% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 41.30% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 120 Votes: 35.00% Annoying