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06 Jan 2012, 2:17 pm

I heard that in this year the aspergers diagnosis will be obsolete. What does this mean exactly?



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06 Jan 2012, 2:25 pm

As far as I know there won't be anything but the diagnosis of autism with a level of severity attached. Does that mean people currently diagnosed will have to get diagnosed again, or does their current Dx get automatically translated to the new system? I wonder about that.


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06 Jan 2012, 2:27 pm

Its now called an ASD, or 'autism spectrum disorder'

Hans Asperger will be rolling in his grave



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06 Jan 2012, 2:30 pm

Surfman wrote:
Its now called an ASD, or 'autism spectrum disorder'

Hans Asperger will be rolling in his grave


He never called it Asperger's syndrome so I doubt a name change will make him role in his gave, if so I'm afraid hes been rolling for quite some time.



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06 Jan 2012, 2:33 pm

Well is it now just High Functioning Autism?



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06 Jan 2012, 2:37 pm

I really hate this new DSM thing. I hate the fact that NVLD isn't being recognized as a specific disorder, I've learned just from being on this board, that NVLD and Aspergers certainly aren't the same at all. They're similar, but NVLD affects you VERY specifically, so in my case, I'm likely Aspergers, but it's more that the Aspergers is caused by my NVLD.



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06 Jan 2012, 2:45 pm

1000Knives wrote:
I really hate this new DSM thing. I hate the fact that NVLD isn't being recognized as a specific disorder, I've learned just from being on this board, that NVLD and Aspergers certainly aren't the same at all. They're similar, but NVLD affects you VERY specifically, so in my case, I'm likely Aspergers, but it's more that the Aspergers is caused by my NVLD.


Hey is NVLD also a right brain learning disorder?



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06 Jan 2012, 2:52 pm

I'm diagnosed with both asperger's and NVLD, so is it really one thing or 2?



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06 Jan 2012, 3:37 pm

Thedarkpoet wrote:
I heard that in this year the aspergers diagnosis will be obsolete. What does this mean exactly?


Actually, I could care less what the mental health community chooses to call what we have. As Shakespeare said, a rose by any other name is just as sweet. By the same token, an aspie by any other name is just as different. Let them play their games.



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06 Jan 2012, 4:02 pm

OMG! The meanies at DSM changed our identity! O NOES!

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06 Jan 2012, 4:11 pm

From what I know... Some time in 2013, Aspergers won't be recognized by the DSM, and Aspies are going to be labeled as Autistic. Some countries might continue to use Aspergers, though. They're also making other edits. Oh, and NVLD is comorbid to autism. So, I think it might be 2 things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_ ... g_disorder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditions ... _disorders



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06 Jan 2012, 6:55 pm

At the moment AS is an autism spectrum disorder called asperger syndrome. Soon, it will be an autism spectrum disorder called nothing. It will just be an autism spectrum disorder. Which it always has been. They're not getting rid of the diagnosis for our set of symptoms, they're just changing the name.



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06 Jan 2012, 6:57 pm

Cannot refrain from making comment including "The Autism Spectrum Disorder Formerly Known As Asperger's".



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06 Jan 2012, 7:07 pm

I've always called Asperger's Syndrome as Asperberger's Syndrome. I'll probably never get used to calling it high functioning autism. When I think of autism I always thing of it being more severe on the spectrum for some reason.



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06 Jan 2012, 7:13 pm

Well, uh... at least people might take it easy on the ass burger jokes now.



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06 Jan 2012, 7:20 pm

It won't be in the DSM anymore and it just be all autism. But there be a new label, Social Communication Disorder.