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Asperger's is now called Autism Spectrum Disorder (High Functioning Autism). Please don't use the outdated term anymore. It has become mislabeled and misused ov

by hachre 11y ago

Asperger's is now called Autism Spectrum Disorder (High Functioning Autism). Please don't use the outdated term anymore. It has become mislabeled and misused over the last decades and is thus very unspecific and misleading.

Almaviva 11y ago
Autism Spectrum Disorder is even less specific, and is in the process of being mislabeled and misused in this decade. Pick your poison?
- junto 11y ago
  Autism Spectrum Disorder is an encompassing term for all different types of autism. It makes the point that autism has different forms and falls along a spectrum. Asberger's falls on that spectrum.
  - stefantalpalaru 11y ago
    It's actually more political than you think: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/08/autism-history-aspergers-kanner-psychiatry/398903/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/08/autism-his...
drugsAreBad0001 11y ago
As someone who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome in my teens, please shut up. It's not offensive to anyone if it's not being used as a derogatory term. Please stop advocating for less-descriptive language.
- hachre 11y ago
  You are confused. It has nothing to do with offensive. It has precisely to do with less-descriptive. Aspergers was misused by therapists for over 40 years while others in other parts of the world used it correctly. The terms I mentioned were introduced in the last 10 years to clean the mess up.
  - drugsAreBad0001 11y ago
    First off, do you have any idea how insulting it is to tell someone with a disorder that they're "confused" about it? Kindly go fuck yourself. Secondly, you're an idiot. Aspergers is a specific form of HFA/Autism, not the other way around. Not all people suffering from Autism have Aspergers, but all people suffering from Aspergers have Autism. It'd be like saying "thumb" is less specific than "finger", which is plainly stupid. So again, shut the fuck up. Stop speaking for a group of people you have ZERO RIGHT to speak for.

by hachre 11y ago

Almaviva 11y ago

Autism Spectrum Disorder is even less specific, and is in the process of being mislabeled and misused in this decade. Pick your poison?

junto 11y ago
Autism Spectrum Disorder is an encompassing term for all different types of autism. It makes the point that autism has different forms and falls along a spectrum. Asberger's falls on that spectrum.
- stefantalpalaru 11y ago
  It's actually more political than you think: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/08/autism-history-aspergers-kanner-psychiatry/398903/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/08/autism-his...

drugsAreBad0001 11y ago

As someone who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome in my teens, please shut up. It's not offensive to anyone if it's not being used as a derogatory term. Please stop advocating for less-descriptive language.

hachre 11y ago
You are confused. It has nothing to do with offensive. It has precisely to do with less-descriptive. Aspergers was misused by therapists for over 40 years while others in other parts of the world used it correctly. The terms I mentioned were introduced in the last 10 years to clean the mess up.
- drugsAreBad0001 11y ago
  First off, do you have any idea how insulting it is to tell someone with a disorder that they're "confused" about it? Kindly go fuck yourself. Secondly, you're an idiot. Aspergers is a specific form of HFA/Autism, not the other way around. Not all people suffering from Autism have Aspergers, but all people suffering from Aspergers have Autism. It'd be like saying "thumb" is less specific than "finger", which is plainly stupid. So again, shut the fuck up. Stop speaking for a group of people you have ZERO RIGHT to speak for.