Itâs like the Myers-Briggs for spergs.
So itâs like a personality test that should never be used for anything, but for a diagnosis that got removed because of insufficient scientific evidence that it was categorically distinct. Sounds legit.
Theres a lot of criticism in the community about the term. Some say it was named after a nazi so ahouldnt be used. And that it was used to suggest those with it are better than classical autistics.
Another self proclaimed âexpertâ ! 
I donât fit any of those so called âgroupsâ
I find it hard to believe, itâs way to vague to be scientific. At one time or another Iâve embodied at least one characteristic from all five âtypesâ. And the subject of aspergers or autism has never been brought up for me.
I donât like it.
Well, it is a blog post and she says itâs unscientific (if you read the beginning part). I feel like Iâve fit into a couple types over the years.
Hereâs the difference:
âI have Aspergerâs Syndrome.â
âOh, thatâs cool, youâre like Bill Gates!â
vs
âIâm on the autism spectrum.â
âOh, youâre like Rain Man. I bet living in an institution sucks, huh?â
Itâs much nicer to be compared to Bill Gates.
Kind of like the difference between
Iâm bipolar!
Oh cool, like dozens of famous artists?
Vs
Iâm schizoaffective
Oh Then you better get sterilized you danger to society!
Whether Aspergerâs should have remained in the DSM 5 is a very contentious subject . @anon9798425 why do you say itâs not âcategorically distinctâ ? @ozymandias On what basis should Aspergerâs have remained as a diagnosis ?
On the basis of, âbecause I say so.â
(Look, it works for my wife, so why canât I also have a slice of that pie?)
Thatâs the rationale for removing it. It is continuous with autism, not a distinct category.
I am the complete opposite of aspergers. If there is one thing I canât be called it is autistic. Nothing against those who are on the spectrum though.
I agree with the decision to remove it from the diagnostic criteria, as the result is probably a more accurate representation of reality.
So you donât have a strong reason why it should have remained as a diagnosis .
Mainly that it was a diagnosis that was relatively free of stigma. Now Iâve got a new label that adds stigma to the large pile I already had (alcoholic, SZ, overweight). I try to ignore stigma, but it exists.
Thatâs a good point about the stigma. I think a lot of people still see things in terms of people who were often put in institutions , and a lot less able to function than you.
I couldnât pull up the article but my aunt says she figures my daughter might have it.
Can anyone explain this? My daughter when she was in elementary school. Well, weâd be in a grocery store and sheâd start barking. Literally barking and she sounded exactly like a dog. True story. She barked at her soccer games too when she wasnât on the field.
Aspergerâs tends to be more associated with dot-com millionaires from what Iâve seen.
I think itâs important to see the difference between severe and moderate Aspergers to Mild Aspergers. I most likely wouldnât qualify for an ASD diagnosis now from what my doctors were saying. Not everyone can be a dot-com millionaire and not everyone is rain man.
I still struggle though.
If you would have qualified for aspergerâs then you have ASD as theh have combined and removed the aspergers label.
Are you sure? Because my symptoms are not that severeâŚI barely passed the Aspergers test when it was in the DSM-4.
Edit: I looked it up. I guess you are right.