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ASC or Aspergers - what to say??

Clemmie

Help!  My son has just been diagnosed with 'asc' but the Senco at school seems happy to use the term Aspergers, and says that this is more widely recognised in the community.  I'm worried to tell him he is Aspergers when the Dr has not used this term, but the general definition seems to fit.  I think I'm right in that they don't diagnose Aspergers any more, but so much of the helpful literature still uses this terminology.

Am I ok to use Aspergers when no-one has actually diagnosed this?

Will it confuse him to be both? (how do I explain both definitions??)

I want to be able to talk to him soon as aparently someone I told in confidence has told a child in his class and I don't want him to hear from them.

what do I say???

thanks

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    One of the points of getting rid of Asperger's as a label is that Asperger's says two things that are not really related.

    a) you have autism

    b) you do not have a problem with your intelligence

    the two things are not related and therefore it does not make total sense to join the two together in a single condition. You can be more or less affected by autism and you can be more or less intelligent but the two things are independent dimensions.

    That's the theory and that is why the DSM have got rid of it. The problem is that the man on the Clapham omnibus is not as scientifically minded and it makes more sense to him to think of autistic people as having learning difficulties whilst people with Asperger's don't. I think we should be inclusive and not set oursleves into different camps within the autistic community so I generally refer to Autism first but then use Asperger's as a back up if people do not comprehend how I can be autistic.

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    Former Member

    One of the points of getting rid of Asperger's as a label is that Asperger's says two things that are not really related.

    a) you have autism

    b) you do not have a problem with your intelligence

    the two things are not related and therefore it does not make total sense to join the two together in a single condition. You can be more or less affected by autism and you can be more or less intelligent but the two things are independent dimensions.

    That's the theory and that is why the DSM have got rid of it. The problem is that the man on the Clapham omnibus is not as scientifically minded and it makes more sense to him to think of autistic people as having learning difficulties whilst people with Asperger's don't. I think we should be inclusive and not set oursleves into different camps within the autistic community so I generally refer to Autism first but then use Asperger's as a back up if people do not comprehend how I can be autistic.

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