livingwithautism wrote:
Maybe you should've got PDD-NOS back then instead.
Probably true TBH, but
I believe the main reason why that wasn't given was the following:
If you didn't know anyone with any sort of autism at all (or you didn't have it yourself), and someone said to you "I've got PDD-NOS" what's the chance you'd know what that meant? About as likely as seeing snow fall in Florida.
But if that same person said that they're autistic or have Aspergers it's much more likely that you'd have
some idea about what they're talking about (how accurate it'd be, that's not something I'd get into now), and you'd be more likely to be less judgemental in social situations (which were, and still are, the one area that I don't do especially well on -- the other's sequencing/working memory).
Bottom line: Giving a diagnosis of Aspergers meant that I'd get any support needed, no questions asked. That's why I go with it (officially) even though it's not truly accurate.
Yes, if I'd been diagnosed after DSM-5, it'd be SCD instead. But it doesn't really matter what you call it. Changing what a condition's called doesn't really change what it does or doesn't do.
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