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I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly.

Shek

Interesting article in the New York Times 'I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly.' raising important issues about diagnosis:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/i-had-asperger-syndrome-briefly.html?_r=1

Also comments on the next edition of the diagnostic manual, the DSM5, possibly giving a narrower definition of the autism spectrum.

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  • This is one of those stories the press like to pick up on. His mother made him an aspie....to turn a phrase, as she was a psychologist and autism expert writing a film about autism and used her teenage son to exemplify the message. It subsequently turns out he was going through a phase of being socially introspective, and in fact has good social skills and sufficient grasp of social interaction to write strongly social books.

    I'm reminded of Daniel Tammet's book "Born on a Blue Day" published in 2006, which impressed me at the time. I recall reading on his blog subsequently that he no longer considered himself to be on the autistic spectrum, and now it is barely mentioned on his website, he is wholly focussed on his memory skills.

    The press like to pick up on conversion stories, but I think in this latest American tale it was the same as self-diagnosis - there's no indication of a proper diagnosis. So I wonder if it is anything to worry about.

    But lets face it, if there's a road to recovery sounds good to me. I think its premature though.

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  • This is one of those stories the press like to pick up on. His mother made him an aspie....to turn a phrase, as she was a psychologist and autism expert writing a film about autism and used her teenage son to exemplify the message. It subsequently turns out he was going through a phase of being socially introspective, and in fact has good social skills and sufficient grasp of social interaction to write strongly social books.

    I'm reminded of Daniel Tammet's book "Born on a Blue Day" published in 2006, which impressed me at the time. I recall reading on his blog subsequently that he no longer considered himself to be on the autistic spectrum, and now it is barely mentioned on his website, he is wholly focussed on his memory skills.

    The press like to pick up on conversion stories, but I think in this latest American tale it was the same as self-diagnosis - there's no indication of a proper diagnosis. So I wonder if it is anything to worry about.

    But lets face it, if there's a road to recovery sounds good to me. I think its premature though.

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