Lorna Wing

Lorna Wing
Lorna Wing
Born	Lorna Gladys Tolchard (1928-10-07)7 October 1928 Gillingham, Kent, England, UK
Died	6 June 2014(2014-06-06) (aged 85) Kent, England, UK
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College Hospital London Chatham Grammar School for Girls
Known for	childhood developmental disorders autism spectrum diagnosis Asperger Syndrome
Spouse(s)	Professor John Wing, FRCPsych
Awards	Order of the British Empire (1994) Honorary Fellow, University College London (2012) Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatry
Scientific career
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.