Lorna Wing | |
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Born | Lorna Gladys Tolchard 7 October 1928 Gillingham, Kent, England, UK |
Died | 6 June 2014 Kent, England, UK | (aged 85)
Nationality | British |
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Spouse(s) | Professor John Wing, FRCPsych |
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Institutions | Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Unit Institute of Psychiatry King's College London |
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[1] and was involved in founding the National Autistic Society (NAS) in the UK.