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Asperger's is a real diagnosis.
by hodwik 11y ago
Asperger's is a real diagnosis.
- ceejayoz 11y agoCertainly, when diagnosed by a doctor. I'm talking about the "I've never been formally diagnosed but..." and "I think I'm a little on the spectrum" sort of comments that often wind up in threads about programmers being socially awkward. Side note: having Aspergers doesn't make you an asshole.
- hodwik 11y ago> " having Aspergers doesn't make you an asshole." My experience of people (medically diagnosed) with Asperger's does not support that statement.
- ceejayoz 11y agoHaving difficulty with social interaction due to a medical condition, IMO, doesn't make one an "asshole", any more than a cancer patient who lies in bed all day is "lazy". It's the people who are aware of and excuse being an asshole by a self-diagnosed "oh I'm probably on the spectrum" statement I've issues with.
- DanBC 11y agoNOW TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THE JEWS.
- astazangasta 11y agoYou are assuming that because something can be diagnosed it must exist in fact.
- Ygg2 11y agoWhy is this downvoted? Wasn't homosexuality treated as a mental illness?
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoBut it does exist. Diagnosing it wasn't the issue, it was labeling it as an illness that was. Of course, this opens the big question as to what is or isn't an illness, especially when you begin to look at things given hypothetical accepting societies that may not currently exist.
- Ygg2 11y ago> But it does exist. Sure it doesn't, but the context was diagnosing it. As in recognizing it as a disease.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoCan you diagnose an atypical characteristic without considering it a disease?
- Ygg2 11y agoDefinition of diagnosis is literally: the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. Unless you are suggesting that any atypical characteristics is a problem, and that for example someone can diagnose you for having green colored eyes.
- proveanegative 11y agoSorry to be a pedant but the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome was eliminated from the DSM in 2013. It was replaced with "autism spectrum disorder".
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoNot any more. https://www.autismspeaks.org/dsm-5/faq#asperger https://www.autismspeaks.org/dsm-5/faq#asperger