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undiagnosed aspie

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I was just reading the advice on the NAS website regarding how to broach the subject of aspergers with someone.

Personally I don't think anyone , parents, teachers, friends should give any suspected condition a name, UNTIL IT IS PROFESSIONALLY DIAGNOSED.

I think there are ethical issues that need to be addressed, such as the psychological effect a WRONG undiagnosed diagnosis (hope you know what I mean) can do to a person.

What if you spend years thinking you have x and then years later find out you don't?  Now trust issues come into play. You may resent years of barking up the wrong tree.  after all you would never dream of telling someone they had cancer without a clinical diagnosis, so why be cavalier with asd?

I am shocked that NAS suggests telling someone what you think they have.  In my opinion it is dangerous.  By all means discuss a person's difficulties and suggest seeing a professional, but NEVER give a name to something you are not qualified to.

I absolutely hate the term undiagnosed aspie....and anyone who goes around claiming they, their partner, child has undiagnosed aspergers should refrain from doing so, purely because they are undiagnosed.

Welcome comments particularly on ethics of telling someone they have something before they are professionally diagnosed. I don't have a problem with people thinking they or someone else has aspergers and doing covert research, just disagree with giving a layman's diagnosis.

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  • Hello,

    I am new to this forum, so Hello everyone.  I have been diagnosed with Asperger's and this recent diagnosis puts a lot of things into perspective.  I am hoping to learn a lot more through people who have similar diagnosis and experiences.  Hope you can reply to this post with any information about yourself and how Asperger's syndrome affects you and others, etc... would be a starting point.

    Thanks,

    Latoya

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  • Hello,

    I am new to this forum, so Hello everyone.  I have been diagnosed with Asperger's and this recent diagnosis puts a lot of things into perspective.  I am hoping to learn a lot more through people who have similar diagnosis and experiences.  Hope you can reply to this post with any information about yourself and how Asperger's syndrome affects you and others, etc... would be a starting point.

    Thanks,

    Latoya

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