> The high functioning and Asperger's type diagnosis is not about a universal deficit diagnosis To get an Asperger's diagnosis under the DSM-IV you needed som

> The high functioning and Asperger's type diagnosis is not about a universal deficit diagnosis To get an Asperger's diagnosis under the DSM-IV you needed some amount of impairment. "Disorder" is in the title of the DSM, if something isn't conceptualized as a disorder it isn't in there. https://www.kennedykrieger.org/stories/interactive-autism-network-ian/about_asds_dsm_iv_criteria_for_aspergers_syndrome https://www.kennedykrieger.org/stories/interactive-autism-ne... The "broader autistic phenotype"- that is, related traits but without impairment- exists but it is not a diagnosis.