Asperger's Syndrome or Asperger Syndrome?

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I usually say just "asperger". Syndrome sounds like down syndrome.

In my opinion, we should be going by the official nomenclature used by the diagnostic manuals, no matter what some random autism-related organization (even if it's a big one) says.

A couple of years ago, the Wikicrats decided to standardize on omitting the 's in most cases, and this logic was applied when they renamed the article Asperger's syndrome to Asperger syndrome. They reasoned that, when pronounced, /z.s/ tends to assimilate to [.s]; this trend is even more obvious with /s.s/ being realized as [.s]. Moreover, as these syndromes and disorders enter the vernacular, the 's tends to be lost. This is why Alzheimer's disease is never written or said as Alzheimer disease; assimilation does not occur.

Yes, at one point, most people did write Down's syndrome or Tourette's syndrome. The DSM-IV-TR, for example, still calls Tourette's syndrome Tourette's Disorder.

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Catspurr's syndrome

Do you or a loved one display these symptoms?

- Cringes to the sound of nails going down chalkboard

- Lack of interest in science

- Fails to look at the minor details

(Results in stepping on rusty nails, not catching the license plate of a car after a hit and run etc..)

- Obsessed with picking out differences and can lead to harming others that are thought of as different

- Impaired ability to question rules and authority.

- Fascinations with celebrities, sports, trends and fashion that seem obsessive

- Startled easily when hair is out of place.

- Rolls eyes if you take away privileges

- Very picky with friends. Seems to sort out people obsessively based on common interests pertaining to their limited interests relating to current trends or superficial traits.

- Climbs out of window late at night to be around friends which seems to be such an obsessive interest that it keeps the person with catspurr's syndrome restless in order to get their fix.

- Is naive and believes everything that is read from National Enquirer which later seems to be a topic of discussion several times.

- Tends to zone out and goes off in their own obsessive world when other peers talk about important world issues and other forms of educational substance.

- Echoes what a peer that is into more intelligent subjects has told them that day but the person with catspurr's syndrome has no real meaning attached and doesn't know what the subject really means but is just repeating what the other peer had said. Usually you can tell if this is the case by asking in-depth questions. If the person struggles to elaborate further, it should be considered very suspicious.

- Fear of being alone and if left alone gets startled easily.

- Cannot focus on just one task and become good at it. Must have several tasks which impairs the catspurr's sufferer's ability to get a focused career later on in life.

How Bout A'sS

be cause everyone has one, but in polite society it is customary to keep them covered.

According to the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors one should "avoid use of 's in identification of syndromes derived from names of individuals: thus e.g. Angelman Syndrome, Munchausen Syndrome."

Asperger Syndrome is named after Hans Asperger.

ODWE is pretty much the last word on proper form for standard real English. If the ODWE says this is the correct usage, then this is the correct usage, at least in scientific contexts.

There is no entry for "disorder".

The rules for Chicago (American) English may differ. For real English, Wikipedia are right, for once.