Rename Aspergers “Wingers Syndrome”

Why does it need to be called a "syndrome"?

I don't really like the name "autism" either, because the word "autistic" can be interpreted as meaning "selfish".

Whatever the name is, it's still just a label, so that others can put us into a box. I'd rather make up a name for those who do not fall under the category, and then we're the normal ones and the others are the ones with the label attached to them.

DragonCat16 said:

Why does it need to be called a "syndrome"?

I don't think it should be. Syndrome is misleading, implying symptoms related to a common (pathological) cause.

DragonCat16 said:

I don't really like the name "autism" either, because the word "autistic" can be interpreted as meaning "selfish".

That's kind of the etymological root, but I don't think it has a moral connotation any more.

DragonCat16 said:

Whatever the name is, it's still just a label, so that others can put us into a box. I'd rather make up a name for those who do not fall under the category, and then we're the normal ones and the others are the ones with the label attached to them.

Have you read https://www.fysh.org/~zefram/allism/allism_intro.txt ?

DragonCat16 said:

Why does it need to be called a "syndrome"?

I don't think it should be. Syndrome is misleading, implying symptoms related to a common (pathological) cause.

DragonCat16 said:

I don't really like the name "autism" either, because the word "autistic" can be interpreted as meaning "selfish".

That's kind of the etymological root, but I don't think it has a moral connotation any more.

DragonCat16 said:

Whatever the name is, it's still just a label, so that others can put us into a box. I'd rather make up a name for those who do not fall under the category, and then we're the normal ones and the others are the ones with the label attached to them.

Have you read https://www.fysh.org/~zefram/allism/allism_intro.txt ?