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Asperger Syndrome should the label stay?

David

My family and I refused to believe that I was Autistic until we were told in family therapy in 1990 that I had Asperger Syndrome.

 

In 1966 aged nine a Psychiatrist wanted to send me to a special school for Autistic children.

She looked up Autism in the dictionary and it said that Autistic children cannot speak.

By the age of nine I could speak fluently so she thought I could not possible be Autistic so I went to main stream schools.

In 1976 a Psychiatrist who visited us said that I was mildly Autistic.

We did not believe him either and his successor also said that I was not Autistic.

 

In 1990 my Father asked in family therapy when I was not in the room if I had been more strictly brought up whether I would have turned out better.

The family therapist said that the way I am has nothing to do with up bringing but because I have Asperger Syndrome.

After that we could believe that I have Asperger Syndrome and my Father stopped blaming my Mother for how I am.

As a matter of fact the only thing on my records is the Psychiatrist in 1976 who said that I was mildly Autistic

The question must be asked is how are we going to describe people who are not really Autistic at all.

We could describe Asperger people as just having Autistic traits.

The difference between an Asperger person and a so calle.d NT person can be very slight and the difference between an Asperger person and an Autistic person is often great.

We should not lump Asperger people with Autistic people.

The NAS leaflets would have to be changed if the Asperger label disappeared.

It could be a step back removing the Asperger label which I understand they are going to do next year in the USA.

David

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  • In the 1990s many people thought that Aspererger Syndrome and Autism are separate disabilities.

    Since the 1990s there has been evidence that Autism and Asperger Syndrome are the same disability.

    I know some people with Asperger Syndrome have siblings with Classic Autism and who cannot really speak.

    I think that is why the American Psychiatric Association want to lump all Autistics in a label called Autistic Spectrum Disorder with different degrees of Autism from mildly Autistic where most current Asperger people will come into.

    I know some people with Asperger Syndrome wont like being lumped with Classic Autistic people.

    I have said before that I would like to lump Apserger people with other Developmental Disorders such as Dyslexia Dyspraxia and Attention Deficit Disorder.

    This is because most people diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome usually have at least one of those disorders as a co-existing conidtion.

    Anyway the Doctors whether we like it or not will probably in future call all Autistic people including Asperger people ASD meaning Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

    David

     

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  • In the 1990s many people thought that Aspererger Syndrome and Autism are separate disabilities.

    Since the 1990s there has been evidence that Autism and Asperger Syndrome are the same disability.

    I know some people with Asperger Syndrome have siblings with Classic Autism and who cannot really speak.

    I think that is why the American Psychiatric Association want to lump all Autistics in a label called Autistic Spectrum Disorder with different degrees of Autism from mildly Autistic where most current Asperger people will come into.

    I know some people with Asperger Syndrome wont like being lumped with Classic Autistic people.

    I have said before that I would like to lump Apserger people with other Developmental Disorders such as Dyslexia Dyspraxia and Attention Deficit Disorder.

    This is because most people diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome usually have at least one of those disorders as a co-existing conidtion.

    Anyway the Doctors whether we like it or not will probably in future call all Autistic people including Asperger people ASD meaning Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

    David

     

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