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why is everybody Aspergers today?

clover

20 years ago I  usually met autistic children from the most disabled end of the  spectrum .My son didn't quite fit in ...he had language  and the challenges he presented were lessened by this. Now I meet ,well, usually the more able group ! Is it in this  area  the "autistic epidemic" is increasing numbers  most rapidly ? Where is everyone else?

I am glad that the needs of the  more able /Aspergers group is being understood and recognised but I have a problem......my adult autistic son  who is mildly learning disabled and autistic is now automatically assumed amongst their number and he isn't!!!!! Aspie drop-in centres etc aimed at vocal, outward going young able people are not for him ...he doesn't play complex computer games ,or wish for a friend among his own age group. He likes the world of the learning disabled (with autism specific support ,to slot him in).This seems difficult for some(unfortunately, including occassionally  those  who have the  "key" to resources) to understand.  I am left wondering if Aspergers is now the "face and voice" of autism.

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    I think the problem is the way the understanding of of the condition of autism developed.  At first it was seen as something that only showed itself in children at an early age. Later the work of Hans Aspergers suggested that some individuals who didn't show the early signs of autism (lack of speech/slow speech development, learning difficulties) were actually on the spectrum and could be high-functioning.  Later still it was recognized that adults who had managed to live an outwardly more or less normal life were on the spectrum with Asperger's Syndrome.

    It's probably all much more complicated than  this but it's the way that I (as a non-professional) understand it.

    The result appears to be clashes of needs and maybe, Clover, you are correct in suggesting that we need to go our separate ways in order that all autistic people may get the help and treatment they need.

     

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    I think the problem is the way the understanding of of the condition of autism developed.  At first it was seen as something that only showed itself in children at an early age. Later the work of Hans Aspergers suggested that some individuals who didn't show the early signs of autism (lack of speech/slow speech development, learning difficulties) were actually on the spectrum and could be high-functioning.  Later still it was recognized that adults who had managed to live an outwardly more or less normal life were on the spectrum with Asperger's Syndrome.

    It's probably all much more complicated than  this but it's the way that I (as a non-professional) understand it.

    The result appears to be clashes of needs and maybe, Clover, you are correct in suggesting that we need to go our separate ways in order that all autistic people may get the help and treatment they need.

     

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