Abandoning Asperger"s for ASD

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It just makes him a neurotypical with a brain injury.

I still use the term Asperger's sometimes even though he was who he was. I identify as Autistic because of the severity of my symptoms but even though I think Nazis are horrific, evil, and satanic, I don't have an emotional association with the term Asperger's Syndrome. But I respect that each person has the right to feel however s/he wants about it.

I'm not a supporter of the neurodiversity movement anymore, and I certainly don't agree with that claim. From my perspective, NDs need to learn how to cope with their differences, how to function among NTs, and how to build their own networks and groups with their own preferences at the center. The problem is that nobody knows how NDs work in the relationship area and NTs are poor at telling how they operate themselves (because they do it on instinct). That's the research we need, not ways to turn off genes in the womb.

Even the concept of neurotypical is problematic. Is someone with intellectual disabilities, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc., etc. neurotypical? Of course not. Before talking about neurotypicals, one first needs to operationalize the term (define it in terms of measurement criteria).

I wouldn't personally include mental illness with the ND in most cases as that's a brain that isn't functioning properly, as opposed to a brain that is just built differently.