Aspergers in Non-Western Cultures?

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I've been reading/ posting for awhile and find WP very helpful and interesting, but one question keeps popping up in my mind: What is the situation regarding Aspergers diagnosis and treatment in countries other than the U.S., Europe, and highly Westernized cultures? Not only medically, but socially? Are people rejected or accepted? Dos anyone notice or segregate people with Autistic tendencies? Are they integrated into the culture?

Would like to hear from Aspies in non-Western countries and / or anyone with experience outside the western paradigm.

From what I've read on the forum, it sounds like people with AS and HFA are generally more accepted and well-liked in China than in the U.S, but people with LFA are generally less accepted in China than in the U.S. Probably because, in China, not making eye contact is considered polite, and being silent a lot of the time is considered a positive trait. Maybe if the U.S. became a little more easternized, my social status would improve. I'd like to see more cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China.

From I've seen and heard, I think the traits of AS and HFA are more likely to be accepted in such places, not exactly the diagnosis.

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“If I have a child with autism, there is no effect on our house value, on the ability to make friends and on an ability to get promoted at work,” said Dr. Grinker, who wrote the book “Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism” about life with his autistic daughter, Isabel, now 21. “A lot of Korean families fear that.”

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http://nytimes.com/2013/07/01/nyregion/ ... icans.html



If this article is anyway true, the answer is no. And I'm guessing nobody in China or Japan is thrilled when a first born son is diagnosed either.