asperger asperger asperger syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder, a neurobiological syndrome affecting social and communication skills, named after its discoverer hans asperger. asperger or asperger's may also refer to: hans asperger (1906–1980), austrian pediatrician after whom asperger syndrome, a type of autism spectrum disorder, is named asperger's are us, the first comedy troupe formed by people with asperger syndrome asperger's society of ontario