People losing faith in Asperger's.

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It's a growing trend here , I see.

People who aren't believing in it anymore, few don't really believe anymore it's autism , few people who accepted that this is just their personality, some of those few people who lost faith left the forum for and (I know closely one of them - hint hint : fruit name....) and other few are believing that they are 'recovering' from it or already recovered (?) .


Asperger's "syndrome" is a fade , and it's starting to fade little by little.....


....unless if some magical medical test pops-up soon that proves its existence in individuals (Positive or negative). If not, it will die after few decades. It will come a day when no one's gonna take it seriously, or it will become some sort of weird cult based on just beliefs....yes, just beliefs.

I don't feel that way at all.

I don't know where you got that idea; I'm seeing more and more people believing Asperger's doesn't exist per se... because it's only another name for "autism". And that means that yes, it's real, and yes, people with AS need help.

Now, yes, some kids with AS and other kinds of autism--especially given decent educations--will be unimpaired and undiagnosable in adulthood. They'll still have the autistic cognitive style; but it won't create disability. We know this happens because we see kids losing their diagnosis all the time, usually around the age of nine to twelve.

But the majority of kids with autism will be diagnosable into adulthood; and AS seems no less persistent than other kinds of autism. The only autism-type disorders that seem to stick around, like it or not, are childhood disintegrative disorder, Rett's, and autism with no speech beyond the age of five. Anything else, there are cases where the diagnosis is lost before adulthood.

I'm insulted that you have started this thread. Didn't I see you post the other day that you yourself no longer feel you have Asperger's...and in fact you changed your profile diagnosis to "neurotypical"?

I think Asperger's as a cultural construct is here to stay. DSM5 might change the wording of the diagnosis, but the cultural concept of Asperger's in books and other media will remain.

I personally feel aspergers/autism is lifelong period. Otherwise you never actually had it or have gone into a state of denial.

PEOPLE LOOSING FAITH IN ASPERGERS D:

keep PRAISING THE ASPERGERS with all your heart children




PRAISE THE ASPERGERS FOR HE HAS BEEN SAVED, AMEN

Maybe, maybe not. The concept that *is* here to stay, in any case, is the concept of autism as a broad spectrum that doesn't just include stereotypical child-rocking-in-the-corner cases.

I'm not worried about whether Asperger's as a concept sticks around. If we can keep the idea that autism needn't involve speech delay or developmental delay, we'll have gotten all we need from the existence of Asperger's as a diagnosis.

Boo, are there any statistics that you would like to make up to support that?

How do you get the idea that Asperger's is "fading" from the general population based on a few anecdotes gleaned from an internet forum?

I think you're projecting.

Yup, I concur. Anyone who 'outgrows' their Autism was grossly misdiagnosed in the first place, or simply has no idea how others perceive them.

The third possibility being that one was no more than a Troll to begin with.

What about the people who can't be diagnosed anymore because they're not impaired? There are plenty of those.

Define 'Not Impaired'

Im not impaired by my own standards, doesnt mean im not autistic

Someone who needs no outside help, no technological assistance, no special strategies, and no extra effort to do the same things that are expected of the average NT.

so they go out, socialise, pick up sub-language and sub-culture and become a prominent figure in local society and 'social structure'

Not "prominent", necessarily. Just average. They needn't be a social success; just be low-average at it.

well then chances are they werent autistic