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Grit is when you choose to persevere. Asperger's is when you have to choose to stop. While it was in DSM, there was far more to diagnosing Asperger's than simp

• lutusp 13y ago
  > Grit is when you choose to persevere. Asperger's is when you have to choose to stop. That's not based on research or even written anywhere, you just made it up. On that basis, you have a bright future in clinical psychology. The difference between grit and Asperger's is truly in the eyes of the beholder, and what his motives are. > While it was in DSM, there was far more to diagnosing Asperger's than simply, "refuses to quit." The fact that it's been removed from the DSM (an honor shared by only one other condition -- homosexuality) proves there is far less, not far more, to distinguish it from other behavioral descriptions. In fact, that was the reason quoted by those who voted for its removal -- it was too vague to be useful.