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09 Jun 2010, 1:48 am

DandelionFireworks wrote:
The final criterion for a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome is:

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Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Schizophrenia.


It's a logical impossibility for her to have both. Plus, she doesn't sound psychotic. (To a layman who's never met her, that is.)


It's a logical impossibility by definition of Asperger's in the DSM-IV, however there is no scientific basis for it, as little, if anything is known about the neurological manifestations of AS, and little is known about the neurological manifestations of schizophrenia.

There is no scientific reason why they must be exclusive.



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09 Jun 2010, 1:52 pm

You already said that and I admitted that you're right. No need to do this twice.


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