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MikeH106
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 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:31 am Post subject: If you could change the label Asperger's Syndrome... |
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...to something that sounds more polite, what would it be?
Even though I don't think the DSM criteria are fair, I think it a better label would be "Well-Functioning Autism," or "High-Functioning Autism" (with "High-Functioning Autism with Verbal Delay" for the old criteria). |
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Lene
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| Social Dyslexia |
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Tensho
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| Stealth Autism |
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slowmutant
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Know-It-All Syndrome.  |
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9CatMom
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:51 am Post subject: |
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| The "cat" syndrome (All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome) |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I think "social dyslexia" and "the cat syndrome" are great suggestions.
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Danielismyname
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Remove it.
From the lady who brought the label to life: | Quote: | | "Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism are not distinct conditions" (1998, p. 23). |
The "HFA" she is referring to is Kanner's Autism without a comorbid diagnosis of mental retardation. Yes, she just said Kanner's and Asperger's are no different. As Gillberg will tell you, it's possible to be "severely autistic" without mental retardation, or to have "mild autism" with mental retardation. The latter will gain a "LFA" label, even though the Autism part isn't as severe as the former, who'll be dubbed "HFA".
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CanyonWind
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Before I found out about asperger's, it was obvious to me that I had something along those lines, although I didn't know what it was, and I didn't put together the correlation with obsessive interests and unusual sensory issues.
I called it "Repulsive Personality Syndrome."
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Sora
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HFA without speech delay
Or, a little different:
HFA with normal speech development
It must be something that captures the triad of impairments and not just the social interaction part, I think.
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spudnik
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cognitively delayed
dexicognition
spazburgers
differently abled
socially befuddled
awkwardly abled
hyperpedanticity
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:32 am Post subject: |
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Autism. I don't like "cat syndrome". Not sure about social dyslexia. Is it accurate? Socially befuddled would be fun to see in the DSM.
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| CanyonWind wrote: | | I called it "Repulsive Personality Syndrome." |
That's a good one. Very straightforward. |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| High-functioning Autism seems the most descriptive. It's autism, but at a higher functioning level. I never use Asperger's or PDD-NOS when describing myself, I always use HFA. |
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