Being “on the spectrum” : a Nazi construction not long for this world.

Without doing too much of a review-of-reviews, let’s add a few comments to London Review of Books Michele Pridmore-Brown’s take on “Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna” by Edith Sheffer. There’s something in here for everyone! In Nazi Germany paediatric psychiatrists served as consultants to youth groups, welfare offices and schools. It was […]