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.
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7 October 1928 Gillingham, Kent, England, UK
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Died |
6 June 2014 (aged 85) Kent, England, UK
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Zodiac | Libra |
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