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Autism or Aspergers

Daithi

I know that no one should be labelled by a thing one phrase just checking what the communities views are using the word asperger's given it has fallen out of favour with medical community given connections between the namesake and the nazi party. 

Parents

  • Political correctness has gone barmy. It was useful having the term Aspergers and I suspect few people knew about any Nazi link until the term was banned and everyone researched why and so publicised the Nazi link.  
    Yes we’re on a spectrum, but then everybody is on another I'm saddened with political correctness- I think we’ve lost a lot.

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  • Political correctness has gone barmy. It was useful having the term Aspergers and I suspect few people knew about any Nazi link until the term was banned and everyone researched why and so publicised the Nazi link.  
    Yes we’re on a spectrum, but then everybody is on another I'm saddened with political correctness- I think we’ve lost a lot.

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