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.
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.
The doctor is not convinced that AS is genetic, judging from his findings.
I'm fascinated to know the sinister American reasons......
The Americans always were good with self praise and egos
I think the Americans didn’t like the fact that an English female psychiatrist had brought the diagnosis into common use and developed services for neuro diversity!
An Indian doctor who has worked in the US told me that the reasons are more sinister than this and entirely centres around the American population.
Would it be morally wrong to defend AS?
A bit of inside information is that the NAS has been trying to get out of AS for at least 10 years now because they are not very good at providing services that most people with AS require, and there is very little public money for services for people with AS in comparison to that available for people who fit the criteria for NAS schools or require residential care services.
The removal of AS from DSM-5 has been advantageous to the NAS, and now all these findings about Hans Asperger gives an even stronger reason to eliminate AS completely from NAS publications and services.
People with AS have long been a thorn in the side of the NAS as they are a large group of 'unprofitable' customers, but recent changes may well result in them no longer falling into the ambit of NAS services which will be a relief for the NAS senior execs.
Nearly 90% of NAS income comes from the government (mostly local authorities), and nearly all of this money is ringfenced to provide specific services for specific individuals.
Daithi, we understand that you can only talk from your experiences. but for many of us diagnosed with autism have been labeled high functioning or autism similar to asperger's and have received criticism or abuse because we don't behave or act in the way neurotypical people believe we should.
most of us who disagree with you have been diagnosed with autism with support level 1 and despite independently trying to overcome obstacles like Employment and obtain a Driving licence we are automatically rebuffed with the words you don't need the support because your "High Functioning" which you seem to endorse or encourage and the fact is not everyone has had the direct or indirect support you have had to get to the place your at, Individuals on the spectrum who have had the support don't seem to understand or recognise that they have had. it enables neurotypical make a unfair comparison between those autistic individuals and yourself .
For those of us on the autism spectrum who haven't had the opportunities and support and have tried many times and failed. we need the support and without we will never get to you stage of coping with life.
I agree with Aidie that the explanation is outdated and fundamentally wrong.
Asperges, Classical autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder was incorporated into a single diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. because professionals and researched found major crossovers and similarities among the three disorders.
People with Aspergers, Classical autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder where and are still diagnosed with a level of support needs that can range from 1 to 3. Support level of 1 being minimal support needed and support level 3 being support need indefinitely to support day to day functioning.
Support levels are not the diagnosis just a suggestion of the care needed and in many cases that individuals who are diagnosed with support level 1 need extra support and go through stages of ability and inability.
The term high functioning with any medical diagnosis is harmful because it makes people believe that it is possible to function with a disorder and plays down the severity of the struggles.
Individuals who were diagnosed with aspergers may still used the term asperges as it is was what they were diagnosed with it before it was incorporated under the autism spectrum disorder diagnosis. Which was the right solution because even among individuals with asperger their was was a spectrum on how it manifested and affected individuals differently with exemption of certain traits and gave way to false perspective of what a person with autism/aspergers should look like and behave. this is shown clearly throughout the media in the last how many years starting with rayman and continued to tv shows like Atypical and the big bang theory and reality show candidates for show such as "love on the spectrum" and undatabels which all show very similar substandard type on autism.
Lorna Wing the founder of the NAS (this organisation ) brought the term into standard use in 1981 and the American Psychiatric Association brought on to the standard diagnostic coding in 1986 but the removed it in 2015 with WHO support. The real reason had nothing to do with Nazi stuff. I think the Americans didn’t like the fact that an English female psychiatrist had brought the diagnosis into common use and developed services for neuro diversity!
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.
My son has autism and has been diagnosed as such. He had little communication as a child but developed well later in life. His diagnosis is right for him. I am saying for me with asperger's if I tell people I am on the asd spectrum they look at me with bemusement. I could say high functioning autism but most people know of asperbergers.
Daithi, IMO, it's not always helpful to use labels when referring to someone who has difficulties related to autism. Every person is unique and every person will experience their own particular problems which come under the AS umbrella. For example, there are some famous people who are autistic yet you would never in a million years have guess it from their public demeanour. As a case in point, I gather Anthony Hopkins (the actor) is on the spectrum yet I wouldn't have even suspected it from his many film and tv appearances. I daresay that his great acting talent may be partially driven by his autistic gifts.
