Lorna Wing

Abstract

In the mid-1960s, having opted for psychiatry, she joined the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council's Social Psychiatry Unit based at the Institute of Psychiatry, also in London. Another key development came when John Wing discovered a study by the Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger describing children who lacked non-verbal communication skills, showed little empathy with their peers, and were often physically clumsy.