Why is original Aspergers' is different from modern version

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Hear! Hear!

APOM wrote: IMHO if there is overdiagnosis it is in the very young.

I agree 100%. And some of those will be other conditions that can present in similar ways like FXS.

I'm not an introvert. I just don't see the point in meaningless small talk. I can be quite boisterous when I interact with my family and close friends. Just because a person is quiet doesn't make them shy. Sometimes I just don't have anything to add to the conversation as the topic of the conversation is often something I can't relate to. People are always wondering why I'm so quiet much of the time. Quiet people make the best listeners since we often listen to learn rather than listen to respond. I will talk more if I feel like there is room for me in the conversation. I find it hard to deal with conversation dominators. Autistic people like myself are more likely to talk if we feel included in conversations.

ASpartofme, I appreciate what you are saying and I too had the same feelings about helicopter parents. I do however see the fad playing out with teens and other age groups.

I like and respect you, ASpartofme regardless of different opinions.☺

ASpartofme, we agree on so much. I guess I did sort of approach it from the painful side. My poor mom having to take care of a severely affected toddler while my dad was out to sea. Plus we left mom's homestate. I put her through hell. There was no wondering if something was wrong. The question was more of finding out what. Folks kept autism from being put on any records so that I could attend regular school.

Thanks for posting

Right about the ableist types. They sorta don't help me any. I never fit the Asperger's criteria. I can't really relate to it anymore than they can relate to me.

Definitely true. Aspie is growing on me ☺ .

@ASPartOfMe - very, very good posting indeed.

I only ever use aspie in here, a kind of common usage thing. Most people are very comfortable with it and I think has a friendly tone when we use it about each other in here. I instinctively dislike it however, it feels derogatory and while I have never had any "spit it out" at me as an insult I can imagine how it might sound with a strong North of England accent attached to it. I was diagnosed late and despite being English was diagnosed under DSM 5 so my diagnosis is Autism Spectrum Disorder (They wrote next to it "Commonly known as Aspergers Syndrome") I identified as autistic for around two years before I was formally diagnosed and for the last 12 months prior described myself as autistic. I would never describe myself as anything other than autistic anywhere other than this forum.

I am also aware that some of this could be a conservative (with a small c) English cultural thing, anyway thats how I feel about it.

I had a conversation with an old colleague the other day. A nice young lad who has done his masters and is now on his PhD in phycology. He said to me, in all seriousness that he was a little bit envious of autistic people as he was left out and outside the community...honest. I asked him how did he think autistic people felt about being outside of the rest of humanity and just about everything attached to it