Hans Asperger had Aspergers

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does anyone else find this fact a bit of a []

Was he officially diagnosed?

don't know, he might have diagnosed himself.

I have heard of him having it but I wonder where that came from?

I was joking as well but I guess he could have diagnosed himself unofficially. I sort of did myself when I was younger.

I think that, if he really was an Aspie, it is pretty awesome and hilarious. I like old Dr. Hans. He seemed like a good guy. I really like how he respected his subjects' AS-given talents, and how he protected them from Nazi scorn.
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It is very sad about his capable nursing sister, Viktorine Zak. She set up some good training courses for the children that Dr Asperger was seeing ... and was killed in an air raid and buried with the Aspie child that she was trying to save. The brief story is in Tony Attwood's book (Complete Guide, p83).

Well it is an interesting idea, when I was in the few days and weeks after becoming aware of having AS I was told by one of the smartest people here (I am not naming names out of respect for their privacy) that while diagnosis after death of the great and the good has become very common (it seems at times to be a popular sport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_spe ... n_autistic) but in the case of Hans it might be true.

The problem is that AS can be confused with other things, and to do the DX after death will be much harder than the DX of a living person.

V. Lyons and M. Fitzgerald, J. Autism Dev Disord, 2007, volume 37, pages 2020-2021 is a paper which does suggest that Hans Asperger was an aspie.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

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What is 'a bit of a []'?

That's an interesting thought. considering it's named after him, then it could be possible-but-also-ironic that he could be an aspie too.

I wonder if this is a trick thread.