Genius Genes: How Asperger Talents Changed the World
Michael Fitzgerald is the first Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Ireland. His special interest is Asperger Syndrome. A Clinical and Research Consultant to the Irish Society for Autism and an Honorary Member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations, he has a doctorate in the area of autism and has been a researcher in this field since 1973. He trained at St. Patrick s Hospital, Dublin; Chicago Medical School; and The Maudsley Hospital and the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London. He has clinically diagnosed over 1,500 individuals with autism and Asperger Syndrome, and has served on the Government Task Force on Autism and the Family. He has contributed to international journals on autism and is the author of over 120 publications, including 16 books. Brendan O Brien, a freelance writer and editor with an interest in autism, lives in County Cavan, Ireland, with his wife and two teenage children. He has 20 years experience in the publishing industry, working for major companies in Ireland, the UK, the USA, Germany, and Switzerland. His editorial output has comprised 200 books, including several on autism and Asperger syndrome, and 1,200 journal papers, mainly in the scientific, technical and medical sector. Brendan has a B.Sc. degree in math and psychology, and coaches juvenile sports teams in his spare time.