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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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  • Talking of spectra, recombinantsocks' comment reminds me of the mystery of the rainbow colour 'indigo'.

    I used to wonder what 'indigo' was supposed to be.  As in, 'red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet'.  Not that long ago, I learned that words for blues had shifted in meaning.  When Isaac Newton described the visible spectrum as having those bands of colour, 'blue' meant a lighter blue, like sky blue or cyan, while 'indigo' meant a darker blue.  But today, when describing the visible spectrum, we're more likely to describe it as, 'red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and violet'.  People then wonder where indigo is, and what, exactly, counts as indigo.

    I remember Stephen Fry, on QI, remarking that Isaac Newton wanted there to be seven distinct bands of colour in the rainbow, rather than six, because of his belief in the significance of the number seven.  Fry remarked that, because of this, Newton had convinced himself that there was a distinct band between blue and violet, and described it as 'indigo', while completely missing the distinct band of cyan between green and blue!  But once you know that the word 'blue' has shifted a bit in meaning over the centuries, you realise that 'indigo' is just the blue band between cyan and violet, and that Stephen Fry was wrong!

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  • Talking of spectra, recombinantsocks' comment reminds me of the mystery of the rainbow colour 'indigo'.

    I used to wonder what 'indigo' was supposed to be.  As in, 'red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet'.  Not that long ago, I learned that words for blues had shifted in meaning.  When Isaac Newton described the visible spectrum as having those bands of colour, 'blue' meant a lighter blue, like sky blue or cyan, while 'indigo' meant a darker blue.  But today, when describing the visible spectrum, we're more likely to describe it as, 'red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and violet'.  People then wonder where indigo is, and what, exactly, counts as indigo.

    I remember Stephen Fry, on QI, remarking that Isaac Newton wanted there to be seven distinct bands of colour in the rainbow, rather than six, because of his belief in the significance of the number seven.  Fry remarked that, because of this, Newton had convinced himself that there was a distinct band between blue and violet, and described it as 'indigo', while completely missing the distinct band of cyan between green and blue!  But once you know that the word 'blue' has shifted a bit in meaning over the centuries, you realise that 'indigo' is just the blue band between cyan and violet, and that Stephen Fry was wrong!

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