The Hans Asperger Revelations Shouldn't Make You Hide Your Identity

The news that Hans Asperger, after whom Asperger syndrome was named, was an active participant in the Nazi regime will come as a shock to everyone in the autism community - but it is especially shocking to someone like me. I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in 2009, and to discover that a fundamental part of my identity is named after a man who sent children off to euthanasia camps because they were “a burden to their mother” is not something I will come to terms with in just a d