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As a family seeking diagnosis for my son, we have been through the mill like most on this forum, again I feel I understand but I am confused.

My son has been given the diagnosis of Asperger's, HFA privately, but to get services in Ireland he has to be diagnosed by the government run agency I suppose, they call themselves Regional Autism Spectrum Disorders Services. He had his assessment poor guy so many but they have dx him as Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder (ICD-10).

I have to say the above were a breath of fresh air and really understanding compare to what we had to deal with in the past. I study so much about asperger's and I felt my son met the criteria what is the difference or is there a difference.

Thanks again, happy xmas to all, and happy new year

i'm happy for you that you live in a country with universal health care so that you could get care for your son.

There's very little difference in terms of treatment. There can be some difference i.e doctors are more likely to diagnose with one if they show symptoms common to that particular sub-type. My personal opinion is that those with delays (learning, self help) may get diagnosed with autism even if they do meet criteria for Asperger's too. It really doesn't matter. The treatment is the same, although with diagnoses of just autism there might be more treatments. Because it seems the more severe diagnosis it's easier to get on services than for Asperger's which is commonly but inaccurately seen as a mild disorder.