WI: Hans Asperger’s works were fully translated at least a decade earlier (before 1991).

[Esotariot2002]

This is intended to be a continuation of this discussion thread that I find interesting.

Let Hans Asperger's work be translated at least 10 years earlier

This is an important one for the autistic community. Hans Asperger wrote a lot of work in the 1940s, so suppose it were translated well before 1991.

www.alternatehistory.com

What would be the timeline’s events for this thread? What would allow for this event to plausibly happen?

(P.S. I’m rather new here, so I’m rather curious about the input for this.)

Credit to Myrtonos for the original thread

 

[Seandineen]

What if Bettleheim translated it? Forget the refrigerator mother nonsense, Bruno wanted to create a safe space, in the beginning, he got impatient later, but the idea was a utopia of calm.

 

[Esotariot2002]

What if Bettleheim translated it? Forget the refrigerator mother nonsense, Bruno wanted to create a safe space, in the beginning, he got impatient later, but the idea was a utopia of calm.

I…seriously don’t know about that 😬

The Strange Case of Dr. B. | Robert Gottlieb

1. Within months of his death in 1990, the reputation of Bruno Bettelheim—the revered survivor of the camps, head of the famous Sonia Shankman Orthogenic

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[Seandineen]

The discrediting came after. In the 60's he was a visionary, create a safe space, gently lead people back to life.