Aspies to be demoted to Autistics.

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All the more reason for NTs to think of us as [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW1qHA5Hqwc[/youtube] Im not this bad but I was when I was a young child!....Yeah.. Yeah counting cards!!

Rain Man was a good movie, but it's about full on Autism, not AS, but since AS is on the Autistic spectrum, Rain Man is what they think of when they hear about it.

I think it is safe to say everyone with autism has full on autism, there are however different severity levels within that. But autism is a different neurology period so we can't very well be measured on a scale of how 'neurotypical' we are. I mean there is no part autistic, the notion is a bit ridiculous.

I dunno what is so horrible about being autistic or being called autistic instead of aspie. If you were aspie, then you were autistic all along.

I'm extremely glad to hear it.

I'm on the less-apparent (I think) side of the spectrum, and so not having the current slightly cutesy "adorkable" AS stereotypes to live up to is kind of an improvement. I've always explained myself as HFA instead of AS simply because I don't want to be patronised. Yes, I have OCD and sensory quirks and occasional lapses regarding to personal boundaries. No, I'm not Sheldon Cooper.

I 'know' logically that these are just labels, and the brain science beneath is fairly unclear. So I'm a little surprised that this change has actually caused me feelings. Initially it disturbed me. I guess I had thought of myself as being Asperger but not autistic, and now I'm needing to re-evaluate that. However in some ways it's feeling releasing; perhaps allowed to be even more different from NT's...

Aspies demoted to Auties? That sounds elitist to me. And I don't do elitist.

Those of us such as myself who barely qualified for AS, won't qualify for ASD in DSMV.

I'd not be surprised at this.

I understand that if you have a disability, and you want to work, but nobody will hire you because of your disability, then you need help...

However, what has been going on in the last few years (with the bad economy) is a push by disability law firms to get as many people as possible to go onto disability. For most of these people, there is nothing "disabled" about them that puts them on the same level as someone with a physical impairment who can't work or an autistic person who can't get hired because of their autism.

These people had jobs, these people were productive and these people are not "disabled" to the level that disability payments are justified. Still, the lawyers are putting enough spin on it to get many other them SOMETHING in the terms of a monetary award from the government, and the system simply is not built to withstand that kind of exploitation.

I don't think it's a bad thing. I've very much warmed to the characterization as Autistic.

Actually, this is political propaganda. The system in question is not close to being strained at this time, but some pro-austerity politicians want everyone to believe it is, and that it needs cuts to survive, and many people parrot these talking points but they are simply not factual.

If you are seeking a disability claim and you hire an attorney, your attorney's job is to try their best to obtain a decision in your favor. If they don't try, they're not doing their job. Also, it's really not that easy to get disability even if you are too disabled to work.

Having had jobs does not mean you are not too disabled to work. Being that disabled doesn't mean knowing you're not able to work, and thus trying and failing. In fact, for someone who is disabled, their work history may be quite supportive of receiving disability payments.

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Oh come now, it's hardly a demotion. Merely a difference in terms. Asperger Syndrome was never not considered to be a subtype of autism. AS still means autistic. I mean that's why autism is considered a spectrum, isn't it? Personally, I find it to be something of an improvement after spending a fair amount of time mincing words and splitting hairs (just learned that expression; so much fun). I also appreciate the elimination of the somewhat ambiguous distinction between Asperger's and HFA.

That's how it happened for me. I kept trying and trying to work, failing, trying again. Eventually I applied for disability, while still trying, and I guess my status updates (often, "Hey, I'm employed now!" followed not too long after by, "... I lost the job. They said I couldn't do it.") drove the point home for them that I was having a seriously difficult time providing for myself. I didn't even have a lawyer; I did my own paperwork. It's not actually that hard, because you just have to be precise and detailed. I guess a lawyer is there for if you have to appeal, or if you're not good at paperwork.