‘History and First Descriptions’ of Autism: A response to Michael Fitzgerald

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Chown, N. (2012). ‘History and First Descriptions’ of Autism: A response to Michael Fitzgerald. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(10), 2263-2265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1529-5

Journal or book title
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
42
Issue
10
Pages
2263-2265
Publication date: 17 Apr 2012 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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1 / 1 (100.0%)
  1. Nicholas Chown *

Abstract

Letter to the editor in response to Michael Fitzgerald's controversial allegation that one of the two pioneers of autism--Leo Kanner--may have been influenced by an earlier paper by the other autism pioneer--Hans Asperger--without acknowledging the debt, and that Kanner may even have been guilty of plagiarising Asperger. In correspondence, Professor Fitzgerald has suggested that I "consider doing my take on the matter". This is it.

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21
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14
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5
0 / 21 (0.0%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
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7 / 21 (33.3%)
References with detected author names
16 / 21 (76.2%)
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5
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4 / 23 (17.4%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 19 / 23 (82.6%) names are not yet linked.
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0 / 23 (0.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 0 / 4 (0.0%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 0 / 19 (0.0%).
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