Is it " Aspergers Syndrome " , " Aspergers' " , or...

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" Asperger's " ? What is the right punctation ?
There was another post asking this and I lost it , I'd like to find it again . Anybody else ?????

It's either Asperger or Asperger's Syndrome. Sometimes it's called Asperger's or Aspergers Disorder.

I say "Asperger Syndrome" or the colloquial "Asperger's." I loathe the term "Asperger's Disorder" because it's not a disorder; a disorder contains symptoms that "are not accounted for by a more pervasive condition." Many symptoms of Asperger's are accounted for by Autism.

...Did you read my " Newspapers in New York City " post in General Discussion ?

In daily speech I use "Asperger´s" or "autism" + "Aspie/Aspergian" about myself.
If the talk needs to be "serious", it´s "Aspergers Syndrome".

I'm pretty sure it's Asperger's syndrome.

And the pronunciation I'm sure, is "ass-per-gers" with a hard G.

It is, if you want to say it correctly.

You don't quite pronounced the ass part fully, like you would in ass. It's more like As-p[b]ergers. The p is rather weak and sometimes sounds like b when one doesn't think about it when pronouncing it (at least the English pronunciation).

Nope...never seen the NY Times post you mentioned, ASS-P.

You're right, kraftie. It's just that putting "as" on its own would have put too much emphasis on the A too. But yes, as you said.

...It's a post starting as being about the present-day state of the New York Daily News , not the Times .
Could you read it , please , and please say something about it ?

Do you remember an approximate date for when you made the Daily New post?

I haven't read "The News" (what we call the Daily News) in a while. Yep....they are desperate.

The News is the youngest regular paper in NYC now. It was established in 1919. The Post was established, believe it or not, in 1801. The Times about 1851.

...Yeah , I guess you hunted down the basics of my News post ~ I had read that their management appeared to be a littlee desperate , cutting down departments and reporters , etc. , beyond what is reasonable while amping up the sensational headlines " to get more Internet clicks " , apparently .



te="kraftiekortie"]I haven't read "The News" (what we call the Daily News) in a while. Yep....they are desperate.

The News is the youngest regular paper in NYC now. It was established in 1919. The Post was established, believe it or not, in 1801. The Times about 1851.[/quote]

I always just call it Asperger's. Adding "syndrome" or "disorder" at the end makes it sound like it's something bad and just adds stigma to something already woefully misunderstood.

I also don't like saying "I have Asperger's" because that also makes it sound like a disease that must be cured. But I worry that most NTs won't know what an aspie is.

I no longer utilize the term at all.

I say "Autistic" or on the "Autism Spectrum" which is in accord with the DSM-5.

I don't think we ought to be too concerned about the continuation of the term Aspergers as it will persist for generations and has historical value.

The ICD-10 does still use 'Aspergers' and mentions both 'syndrome' and 'disorder'. see below

This will be the case at least until 2018 when the ICD-11 is released, even then it may not change.

"Description Synonyms
Autism disorder"

"2015/16 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F84.0
Autistic disorder
2015 2016 Billable Code "

"2015/16 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F84.5
Asperger's syndrome
2015 2016 Billable Code "