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31 Dec 2010, 1:20 am

I recently read that Dr. Asperger had a different name for Asperger's syndrome. He called it "autisic psychopathy." Discuss.



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31 Dec 2010, 1:29 am

It sounds cool. I have some strange image of bodies being lined up



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31 Dec 2010, 1:32 am

This just in: those with mental retardation used to be called idiots.

Who cares about outdated terminology?



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31 Dec 2010, 1:40 am

buryuntime wrote:
This just in: those with mental retardation used to be called idiots.

Who cares about outdated terminology?


I thought mental retardation had a new name. Or is it not until 2013?

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31 Dec 2010, 1:47 am

I rather like "autistic psychopathy" myself. It makes me feel kind of wicked!

Hey you dillweeds, you want to mess with me? Don't even try it; I am a freakin' autistic psychopath!


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31 Dec 2010, 3:16 am

I like the term "autistic psychopathy" too. It makes me sound a lot tougher than the term that sounds like I'm a fried sandwich that came out of someone's behind. :wink:



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31 Dec 2010, 4:08 am

IdahoRose wrote:
I like the term "autistic psychopathy" too. It makes me sound a lot tougher than the term that sounds like I'm a fried sandwich that came out of someone's behind. :wink:


Well, if people would pronounce it correctly, it wouldn't sound like that. :wink: It should be AH-sper-gers, not ASS-bur-gers. When I hear people call it ASS-bur-gers, I often have to fight off dismissing them as ignorant morons out of hand.



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31 Dec 2010, 4:43 am

buryuntime wrote:
This just in: those with mental retardation used to be called idiots.

Who cares about outdated terminology?

People with an intellectual disability used to be called mentally ret*d.


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31 Dec 2010, 7:21 am

IdahoRose wrote:
I like the term "autistic psychopathy" too. It makes me sound a lot tougher than the term that sounds like I'm a fried sandwich that came out of someone's behind. :wink:


I was just going to say that. 8)


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31 Dec 2010, 8:46 am

This is exactly why I like the DSM-V shift in terminology.



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31 Dec 2010, 1:09 pm

I thought it odd because a psychopath is incapable of emotion but is an excellent mimic of emotion. Aspies have emotion (I myself am very sensitive) and have trouble showing them. We're the complete opposite of a psychopath!



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31 Dec 2010, 9:09 pm

kladky wrote:
I recently read that Dr. Asperger had a different name for Asperger's syndrome. He called it "autisic psychopathy." Discuss.


He called it "autistische psychopathie" (translated by some to "autistic personality disorder").