New York Magazine article on over diagnosis from 2014

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Seems a strange time to do it as ICD-11 is due in 2017. I am certain ICD-11 will not have Aspergers as its own category but rather the broader ASD classification, the place where I was assessed in the UK (a well regarded centre that specialises in adult diagnosis) told me they have already stopped diagnosing aspergers in readiness. When I was looking to be assessed I emailed lots of different places and their replies never mentioned aspergers but rather ASD assessments.

I hope you're right. As cute as it is to be called an 'Aspie' and make jokes about ass-burgers, it really should just be ASD.

Well it's not made up. They are switching it in the U.S. in October. Whether the ICD-11 comes out in two years or not makes no difference to their plans now. I'm sure when it does come out they will use it.

I recognize that, clinically and diagnostically, Asperger's Syndrome is a part of the Autism Spectrum. But, I have never understood the desire to exclude the phrase from the common vernacular. As my example, supra, shows, some people will continue using the names of the supportive constructs that have become familiar to them, and offer them a sense of inclusion. Support groups, parental groups and advocacy groups will be loathe to change their names that give their clients that sense of community (and bring in the funding).

Personally, I prefer using accurate, not generalized, descriptions for myself. I am a man, not a human. I am a Utahn, not a "world citizen," and so on. Therefore, I use the phrase Aspie to describe myself. It is equal parts common and recognition of the contribution that Hans Asperger made to the study of autism by extending and expanding its otherwise Kanner development. His recognition through our use of the phrase is deserved.

So, while the DSM-5 and the ICD-10.X are consolidating diagnoses, I don't suspect that the communities they describe will quickly join the consolidation.