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12 Apr 2017, 2:31 pm

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This is too confusing! I can't wrap my head around it if that the right saying. Do I have Asperger or Autism level 1?

What was called Asperger's is now (in USA) or will be (worldwide) called Autistic Spectrum Disorder. I think most are level 1, but I have seen some as level 2. Sorry I'm not explaining well. You can say either I think.


Thanks for explaining. Why call it Autism Spectrum Disorder? My mom did tell me that Aspergers have a hard time with change.


Because Aspergers is a condition on the Autism Spectrum… I guess they wanted to simplify it. I just don’t understand the different levels being dependent on the amount of support, but they don’t explain what support was intended for each level.



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12 Apr 2017, 3:24 pm

I call is Asperger's no matter what the "experts" call it these days. This whole high-functioning low-functioning thing is a load of crap. There are so-called LF people who can do things a HF person like myself can only dream about, like being able to assemble a computer piece-by-piece.



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12 Apr 2017, 4:02 pm

Kitty4670 wrote:
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This is too confusing! I can't wrap my head around it if that the right saying. Do I have Asperger or Autism level 1?

What was called Asperger's is now (in USA) or will be (worldwide) called Autistic Spectrum Disorder. I think most are level 1, but I have seen some as level 2. Sorry I'm not explaining well. You can say either I think.


Thanks for explaining. Why call it Autism Spectrum Disorder? My mom did tell me that Aspergers have a hard time with change.

They first thought it was its own thing, but now they see it's not, so they merged it into one label. And yeah what your mom said is true.



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12 Apr 2017, 4:20 pm

I will continue calling it Asperger, I been calling it that for 20 years. And my sister & grandmother knows I have Asperger.