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    Lorna Gladys Wing OBE FRCPsych (7 October 1928 – 6 June 2014) was an English psychiatrist. She was a pioneer in the field of childhood developmental disorders, who advanced understanding of autism worldwide, introduced the term Asperger syndrome in 1976 and was involved in founding the National Autistic Society (NAS) in the UK.

  2. Oct 4, 2018 · Learn about the life and legacy of Dr Lorna Wing, who coined the term the autism spectrum and founded the first diagnosis centre in the UK. She was a pioneer in autism research and advocacy, and a mother to an autistic daughter.

  3. Aug 23, 2014 · Lorna Wing. Psychiatrist and authority on autism. She was born in Gillingham, Kent, UK, on Oct 7, 1928, and died in Sevenoaks, UK, on June 6, 2014, aged 85 years. It is not unknown for medical careers to be shaped by tragic events that have had a personal impact on the individual concerned.

  4. May 4, 2022 · The formidable British duo who helped cast light on the Autism spectrum. It’s difficult to overstate the impact that psychiatrist Lorna Wing, MD, and clinical psychologist Judith Gould, PhD, had on the field of autism and autism research.

  5. Jun 20, 2014 · Dr. Lorna Wing, a British psychiatrist who was instrumental in identifying autism as a mental disorder of many gradations, affecting people across the spectrum of intelligence — and who gave...

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  8. Jul 15, 2014 · Lorna Wing, who died in June, was the modest, kind and thoughtful mother of a daughter with severe autism. She was also a towering figure in the history of autism research, and her contributions to our understanding of autism cannot be overestimated.

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