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Asperger's is not a form of autism

tinybit

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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    The way I see it is that the original Kanner's or "classic" autism is triad autism combined with other severe mental disability. This is what many people would recognise as "autism". I think that is what tinybit is calling autism.

    The current definition of autism just refers to the triad of impairments and this particular set of symptoms is what aspies have. We don't have any other congenital issues so we don't appear to be disabled to the casual observer.

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    The way I see it is that the original Kanner's or "classic" autism is triad autism combined with other severe mental disability. This is what many people would recognise as "autism". I think that is what tinybit is calling autism.

    The current definition of autism just refers to the triad of impairments and this particular set of symptoms is what aspies have. We don't have any other congenital issues so we don't appear to be disabled to the casual observer.

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