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23 Jun 2015, 12:37 pm

Lintar wrote:
No wonder so many are claiming that the incidence of both autism and A.S. are rising so dramatically; it has nothing to do with the actual incidence of these conditions going up, and everything to do with people misdiagnosing both themselves and others, because no one knows anymore what any of this even means. Terminology is used interchangeably, lack of precision is the order of the day, and we have people who apparently believe it to be 'trendy' to have A.S.

This video goes into why the rate of autism has gone up:
http://wrongplanet.net/video/steve-silb ... ry-autism/

Maybe "self-diagnosis" has started to go along the route you describe, but professional diagnosis hasn't. Self-diagnosed people do not count into the rate.



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23 Jun 2015, 7:56 pm

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Our world especially in the West is much more fast paced, multitasking, group oriented, and sensory stimulating then 30 years ago. Another words if hypothetically in 1985 somebody said how can we make the world as hard as it can be for people with Autism or some Autistic traits they would evolve the world about the way it has evolved.


Unfortunately, you are actually right about this; the world has deteriorated for those of us who cannot tolerate all you list here.



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23 Jun 2015, 8:44 pm

Asperger's syndrome is considered to be a form of autism so therefore you are both autistic and Asperger's. If you have a form of autism, then you are autistic. It only makes sense hence the name.



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24 Jun 2015, 4:12 am

I was recently 'diagnosed' as having Asperger's Syndrome. The psychologist did explain the difference between HFA and Asperger's as mainly being about language delay and some other technical definitions mainly to do with DSM criteria.

From what I can tell there isn't much difference between people told they have Asperger's and those who are told they are 'high on the spectrum' / HFA. Therefore I'm really not sure the strict distinction between the two is all that helpful?

I think the label Asperger's Syndrome is better understood/accepted and people can get some idea of your issues it if you tell them you are an "aspie", even if their ideas of what that means is based on stereotypes.

On the other hand most people seem to think as anyone 'autistic' as being severely impaired, a drooling wreck or whatever. I think people would find it hard to accept anyone who is relatively 'normal' has autism because how do you explain the idea of a 'spectrum' and HFA/LFA, etc.