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Asperger's is not a form of autism

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Asperger's is not a form of autism. I really wish you would remove that from your description of asperger's. I hear that all the time and so many people believe that because website's (yours incliuded) posts that for everyone to read and believe. Autism and Asperger's are on the same spectrum and I see how people might be confused by that but do some research because they each stand alone. There is high functioning and low functioning of both autism and asperger's, but I hear all the time "asperger's is a high functioning autism" Incorrect. I know you are trying to inform people, but that in particular bothers me because my husband has asperger's and that misinforms people. Just trying to help you better inform people, please do some research and change that. Thanks

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  • I think that ManyStripes explained this very well. If Asperger's is not a form of autism, then what is it? How can we explain that both Autism and Asperger's share the triad of impairments? Or that Hans Asperger himself first used the term Autism before Kanner himself? Asperger called the condition 'autistic psychopathy'.

    I have Asperger's and I am autistic; I have a form of autism. I display behaviours that people with other types of Autism display: I stim; I rock under stress; I flap my hands when excited; I tip toe walk ( I did this compulsively as a child); I have tantrums when my routine is broken; I find it very hard to make friends; I need a lot of support, and the condition is very disabling. What distinguishes me from Kanner cases, is that I have a high verbal IQ, I am aware of my condition and its limitations, and my condition can be so invisible to outsiders that I can momentarily appear 'neurotypical'. But I still have autism, or a form of it. It is a bit like comparing type 1 and type 2 diabetes - they are both diabetes but have different causes and affect people in different ways. However, they are both serious and life changing conditions, and they both affect the same metabolic system.

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  • I think that ManyStripes explained this very well. If Asperger's is not a form of autism, then what is it? How can we explain that both Autism and Asperger's share the triad of impairments? Or that Hans Asperger himself first used the term Autism before Kanner himself? Asperger called the condition 'autistic psychopathy'.

    I have Asperger's and I am autistic; I have a form of autism. I display behaviours that people with other types of Autism display: I stim; I rock under stress; I flap my hands when excited; I tip toe walk ( I did this compulsively as a child); I have tantrums when my routine is broken; I find it very hard to make friends; I need a lot of support, and the condition is very disabling. What distinguishes me from Kanner cases, is that I have a high verbal IQ, I am aware of my condition and its limitations, and my condition can be so invisible to outsiders that I can momentarily appear 'neurotypical'. But I still have autism, or a form of it. It is a bit like comparing type 1 and type 2 diabetes - they are both diabetes but have different causes and affect people in different ways. However, they are both serious and life changing conditions, and they both affect the same metabolic system.

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