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hey everyone. Nice to meet you there. Want to know more about Asperger syndrome because my nephew is diagnosed with it.

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Hello. What do you want to know? Any questions relating to anything someone has posted feel free to ask.

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I can only tell you about one specific Aspie: Myself. A common observation is that if you've met one Aspie then you've met one Aspie. We're no more all alike than all left-handed people are all alike. But, officially, we all share enough similarities to all be diagnosed as "having" Asperger's Syndrome.

Though, strictly speaking, I wasn't exactly diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome. Among other things, when you dig into this you'll find the nomenclature is not uniform across all of the world. I am in the U.S. where DSM-5 is used. I was diagnosed in 2019 as having, officially per DSM-5, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 1 (Mild). Some parts of the world, however, might not use the DSM-5 terminology when diagnosing and in those places I would've been diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome.

In case it will help you, I've included some links below.

 - https://www.healthline.com/health/high-functioning-autism
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SukO28tQywI
 - https://www.healthline.com/health/aspergers-vs-autism#about-asd

But, perhaps you could be a little more specific about what you are looking for.

Hello StarHansen
feel free to ask in one of the forums any question about Asperger Syndrome, aka Autism Spectrum Disorder.

I can also recommend the following:

The Complete Guide to Asperger Syndrome by Tony Attwood

Welcome. The parents' discussion might be useful to you. Also, Asperger's isn't in the DSM any more. I think it's autism level 1 in the DSM-V? I'm diagnosed with Asperger's but I think the DSM-IV was used which Asperger's was in.

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