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Aspergers label being used

Iain

I've noticed more posts recently where people are saying they have received an autism diagnosis but then they add Aspergers in brackets.

It has been more than 12 years since it was dropped as a clinical term so I'm wondering why it seems to be talked about more in these last few weeks.

It was just a passing curiosity.

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  • Referring to someone or something by an obsolete or out of date term is normal human behaviour and not unusual. 

    For example, I grew up where my closest supermarket was called Grandways,  over time it changed it's name to Presto, kwiksave  Safeway,  Morrisons,  Sommerfield, Co - op,  but locals are still Referring to it as Grandways,  if someone says Co - op, they look confused, "Oh you mean Grandways" is the response.

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  • Referring to someone or something by an obsolete or out of date term is normal human behaviour and not unusual. 

    For example, I grew up where my closest supermarket was called Grandways,  over time it changed it's name to Presto, kwiksave  Safeway,  Morrisons,  Sommerfield, Co - op,  but locals are still Referring to it as Grandways,  if someone says Co - op, they look confused, "Oh you mean Grandways" is the response.

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