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?
I think a name change was required regardless of the reports surrounding Hans Asperger. Autism is a diverse spectrum with a number of voices and as such, needed a publication name that reflected this. Since the DSM was revised, Aspergers was integrated into a wider spectrum and therefore, by keeping this name, it was reflecting one particular presentation of the condition.