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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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  • NAS11521 said:

    If ASD will now come under the umbrella name of HFA then to what extent did the two differ in the past?  There had to be reasons why people were diagnosed with one rather than the other and I've never seen an explanation of why/how things have changed.

    I guess you mean to what extent did Asperger's Syndrome and HFA differ in the past?

    As I understand it, classic autism involves delayed language development when very young, while Asperger's doesn't.  That's the only distinction that I can think of right now, but I'm not confident it's the only distinction!  So, someone with delayed language development and other symptoms of autism, but who grows up to be 'high-functioning', would have HFA, while someone who has the symptoms of Asperger's but didn't have delayed language development would have Asperger's.

    I can see how that could mean no difference in adulthood, though.

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  • NAS11521 said:

    If ASD will now come under the umbrella name of HFA then to what extent did the two differ in the past?  There had to be reasons why people were diagnosed with one rather than the other and I've never seen an explanation of why/how things have changed.

    I guess you mean to what extent did Asperger's Syndrome and HFA differ in the past?

    As I understand it, classic autism involves delayed language development when very young, while Asperger's doesn't.  That's the only distinction that I can think of right now, but I'm not confident it's the only distinction!  So, someone with delayed language development and other symptoms of autism, but who grows up to be 'high-functioning', would have HFA, while someone who has the symptoms of Asperger's but didn't have delayed language development would have Asperger's.

    I can see how that could mean no difference in adulthood, though.

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