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David Perlmutter's avatar

I know the context of how it became "Asperger's". But would we even know about autism as a mental category without his work? Possibly not.

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Jillian Enright's avatar

100% we absolutely would. A woman clinician named Grunya Sukhareva identified Autistic traits in 1925.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Well, all right, then. Another woman scientist who got screwed by the Establishment.

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Jillian Enright's avatar

Sadly, yes. BUT thank you for reminding me I need to write about this as well!

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