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⌈ Secret Post #2080 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

UGH, YES, THIS.

Also, maybe it's because a lot of my interaction with individuals on the autism spectrum is through my work with special ed students, but I don't understand why anyone who has a PDD decides to label themselves as "autistic". Autism is EXTREMELY different from having Asperger Syndrome - they are, in fact, different disorders. Autism denotes a certainly level of functionality very different from your average Asperger patient.

Someone will probably flame me for that, but honestly, having the functionality to write a 3 page rant on someone's unwanted concrit just sounds like classifying your headache as a migraine or your low blood sugar as hypoglycemia to get attention and to make you sound more dramatic.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't understand why anyone who has a PDD decides to label themselves as "autistic".

autism is a pdd. atypical autism is diagnosed as pdd-nos. why wouldn't they call themselves autistic when they are, in fact, autistic?

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, I'll be more specific about what I'm pissed about - people with mild to moderate to self-diagnosed Asperger Syndrome calling themselves autistic. Not even remotely the same scale, and it's just feeding into the idea that everyone has a special important medical problem that's made their life REALLY HARD OKAY so no one should criticize them.

That's what I meant to say.

[(Anonymous)]

I think you are confused about the relationship between Aspergers and Autism. Asperger syndrom is an autism spectrum disorder. Aspergers is very similar to *high functioning* autism. In fact, some people believe that Asperger syndrom should be removed as a diagnosis and instead have autism spectrum disorders

[(Anonymous)]

What's your opinion on the DSM integrating Autism, Asperger Syndrome, PDD-NOS, and (I believe?) Childhood Disintegrative Disorder in to the single diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Asperger's can often present almost identically to high-functioning Autism, and sometimes the only way to distinguish between the two is to see if there was a speech delay. (My friend, started speaking at four, HFA. Me, started speaking at eight months and in full sentences by thirteen months, AS. That aside, our symptoms are basically identical.)

Under a unified diagnosis of ASD, yes, someone with Asperger's can refer to themselves as autistic, and, indeed, I do.