Published on 12, July, 2020
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/adult-life/resources/asperger-united/new-name.aspx
If the folk at the NAS are so easily swayed by some whiny emoting from a tiny minority of folk that seek to deny history, I don't know that I can be bothered to read the thing any more.
There was nothing wrong with the old name. It matched my diagnosis.
To avoid a load of pointless arguing, no, I really don't care what Asperger did, or whether he ate peeled, salted babies for his breakfast.
On a balance scale between logic and fact, versus the emotional burden of the entire human race throughout history, logic and facts must tip the scales every single time, or humanity is lost.
Yes, some people won't like it. So what?
Thank you for your well-considered replies.
For the sake of argument, let's assume for the moment that a name change is the right thing to do, on account of the horrors of World War Two.
Given such a position, I want to know precisely what ought to be done about this:
https://www.amazon.com/Keen-As-Mustard-Experiments-Australia/dp/0702229415
(And we weren't the only ones, if you fancy a little googling).
Presumably we have to erase from history any hint of the organisations who conducted such tests...