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Because Asperger's was removed from the DSM for being invented by a Nazi. https://time.com/5255779/asperger-syndrome-nazi-germany-history/ https://time.com/525

Because Asperger's was removed from the DSM for being invented by a Nazi. https://time.com/5255779/asperger-syndrome-nazi-germany-history/ https://time.com/5255779/asperger-syndrome-nazi-germany-hist...

faeriechangling 4y ago
To be clear, he was the only doctor who was not a Nazi Party member in a hospital full of Nazi Party members. There has also been some counter-narrative about Hans Aspergers being a better man than he has been recently portrayed. All the same, Hans Aspergers had many of the views common of doctors working in 1930's Austria and Germany, and many of those views are now considered socially unacceptable. Such as his love of Fascism, or his belief that child rape victims were asking for it. So generally, many people find it most uncool to be associated with such a person. Aspergers has been on the decline for around a decade anyways because diagnostic manuals no longer consider it distinct from autism, the fascist revelations are just fuel on the fire.
- binbashthefash 4y ago
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- reilly3000 4y ago
  Right and that’s why it’s Autism Spectrum Disorder. It’s a rather broad definition that includes a large cluster of different traits that manifest themselves in various ways within each individual. The traits of Autism and Asperger’s had a lot of overlap so it made sense to encompass it as one umbrella. Asperger’s reputation was malevolent and it colored the science in significant ways, but that wasn’t the primary driver for the change. It’s a common misconception that the ASD spectrum is assumed to be scalar of magnitude, from “high functioning” to “severe”. In fact it refers to a spectrum, ie: > a mapping of a range of magnitudes to a range of qualities Here is a good article that explains the distinction well: https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/ https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you...

faeriechangling 4y ago

To be clear, he was the only doctor who was not a Nazi Party member in a hospital full of Nazi Party members. There has also been some counter-narrative about Hans Aspergers being a better man than he has been recently portrayed. All the same, Hans Aspergers had many of the views common of doctors working in 1930's Austria and Germany, and many of those views are now considered socially unacceptable. Such as his love of Fascism, or his belief that child rape victims were asking for it. So generally, many people find it most uncool to be associated with such a person. Aspergers has been on the decline for around a decade anyways because diagnostic manuals no longer consider it distinct from autism, the fascist revelations are just fuel on the fire.

binbashthefash 4y ago
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reilly3000 4y ago
Right and that’s why it’s Autism Spectrum Disorder. It’s a rather broad definition that includes a large cluster of different traits that manifest themselves in various ways within each individual. The traits of Autism and Asperger’s had a lot of overlap so it made sense to encompass it as one umbrella. Asperger’s reputation was malevolent and it colored the science in significant ways, but that wasn’t the primary driver for the change. It’s a common misconception that the ASD spectrum is assumed to be scalar of magnitude, from “high functioning” to “severe”. In fact it refers to a spectrum, ie: > a mapping of a range of magnitudes to a range of qualities Here is a good article that explains the distinction well: https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/ https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you...