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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.

Parents

  • Please clarify?

    If I've read your post correctly: it makes a difference to the severity of aspergers whether you are working class or middle class?

    You clarify at the end that there is a class component to asperger awareness, which I can accept. I suspect a lot of undiagnosed aspies are from poorer working class backgrounds and there propobably is a tendancy for middle class families to pursue diagnosis. That's a pattern I could anticipate finding in the literature.

    But I did get the sense from what you say, that being from a middle class background and a more secure environment means you are less likely to have significant impairment.

    This is important. Is there evidence for such a pattern? Moderators do you know of any research on class and aspergers?

    Observations like this can influence the way psychologists approach research on autism.

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  • Please clarify?

    If I've read your post correctly: it makes a difference to the severity of aspergers whether you are working class or middle class?

    You clarify at the end that there is a class component to asperger awareness, which I can accept. I suspect a lot of undiagnosed aspies are from poorer working class backgrounds and there propobably is a tendancy for middle class families to pursue diagnosis. That's a pattern I could anticipate finding in the literature.

    But I did get the sense from what you say, that being from a middle class background and a more secure environment means you are less likely to have significant impairment.

    This is important. Is there evidence for such a pattern? Moderators do you know of any research on class and aspergers?

    Observations like this can influence the way psychologists approach research on autism.

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