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Named after Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger (1906–1980).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Asperger's syndrome
Today it means: A developmental disorder characterised by the autistic symptoms of sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines but yet typically no impairment in the instrumental use of language nor intellectual disability. Full definition →