About Lorna Wing
Lorna Gladys Wing (née Tolchard; 7 October 1928 – 6 June 2014) was a British psychiatrist who conducted research into autism. She coined the term Asperger's syndrome and helped found the National Autistic Society. == Early life == Lorna Gladys Tolchard was born at Gillingham, Kent, to Royal Navy engineer Bernard Newberry Tolchard (1898–1968) and Gladys Ethel (née Whittell, died 1962). Following education at Chatham Grammar School for Girls, Lorna commenced medical training at University College Hospital in 1949. After qualifying as a psychiatrist, her first post was at the Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London (now part of King's College London). == Career == Wing trained as a medical doctor, specialising in psychiatry, and focused on childhood developmental disorders from 1959. At that time, autism was thought to affect between 1 in 2,000–2,500 children. Its prevalence in the 2010s was considered to be around 1 in 100 following the awareness raised by Wing and her followers. Her research, particularly with her collaborator Judith Gould, now underpins thinking in the field of autism. They initiated the Camberwell Case Register to record all patients using psychiatric services in this area of London.
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