Asperger's---word

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What do they call Asperger's. It's not a disorder. it is a . . .

syndrome?

Exactly!

I dont like the word "syndrome" it's got a certain feel to it that sounds worse than it actually is

Actually, the official term in the Diagnostic Manual is Asperger's Disorder.

'Syndrome' is just a more PC way of saying it so it doesn't have the negative connotation of MENTAL ILLNESS, which it isn't.

Its a congenital neurological disorder, meaning its 'present from birth' and its a 'physical atypical development' of the brain, not a chemical imbalance.

You'll also see the term PDD, Pervasive Developmental Disorder frequently, which means it ret*ds development of certain brain functions that effect virtually all levels of an individual's life in some way or another, and that its lifelong, it doesn't go away, you don't outgrow it and it can't be cured..

Wow Willard are you like a walking encyclopeadia? Or whatever you get this info from

From hanging out here for over two years. A lot of this is in the DSM-IV, (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), much of which is quoted on Wikipedia under Asperger Syndrome, or you can buy a copy on Amazon. And I talk to a therapist once a week, so we chat about it from time to time. There used to be a lot more adults posting here who were well educated on the Disorder, but a lot of them rarely post anymore. But basically, once I found out what had been making me such an oddball for half a century, I wanted to learn everything I could possibly learn about it. So I'm still absorbing information on it.


Mostly I read a lot.

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Asperger is a neurological challenge present from birth.

Some might view Asperger's to be an associated condition of invisible/almost invisible mild Cerebral Palsy.

There is a business turf war between neurology (the epilepsies) and psychiatry (Asperger/autism).

Neurology has tended to call (badmouth) the epilepsies a disease/disorder rather than a birth defect/whatever.

Psychiatry has tended to call (badmouth) Asperger/autism a disorder rather than birth defect/whatever.

http://www.associatedconditionsofcerebralpalsy.com/
http://www.hemihelp.org.uk/

Both neurology and psychiatry have been careless in how they have poorly labeled and stigmatized the many epilepsies/Asperger/autism and so on (my view).

In many ways, both neurology and psychiatry are still calling blacks Negroes today and viewing blacks as disordered due to being the wrong color of skin.

This idea of calling almost everything a disease and disorder goes to the level of the World Health Organization too.

It's not confined to just neurology and psychiatry.

Sometimes Asperger and autism are called developmental disabilities.

In my book, "Wait, What Do You Mean?" to be published in about a month, I settle on the phrase 'neuroexceptional condition' as my best descriptor of Asperger's Syndrome.

Asperger's is created due to high levels of awesome in your brain, present from birth.

FTW!!

"awesomeness"...?

Nope. On the Internet, "Awesome" is a metaphysical substance that can be measured, rather than a singular concept.