You ever wish AS had a different name?

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ok a couple responses

arspergers ---- arse in the the English language means ass... and most young children recognise this nowadays too

neurodeviant ---- most people see deviant as a bad thing, if we are going to use this i would suggest diverse instead

i like the Hans Syndrome one. especially since it can be turned into a Hans Solo kind of reference, what little kid doesn't like star wars?

Yeah, a new name would be good. It's not a problem for me since i'm not english-speaking, but the name should work somewhat in the english language, and right now it doesn't.

Don't blame Hans Asperger, he was a cool guy. Blame Lorna Wing if you want to blame anyone. She was the first one to use the word "Asperger's" in english.

Great Extraordinary and Eccentric Kanner's Syndrome

(Geek Syndrome)

*runs and hides*

But seriously, we should just call it HFA, since it has so many similarities. Let's wait and see what the professionals decides for us, in DSM-V for example. Asperger's is a controversial diagnosis, and some professionals simply consider it HFA.

Personally, I do not care for the "high-functioning autism" label. It implies that other autistics are "low functioning."

All persons on the spectrum are high functioning in some areas and low functioning in others. I was, relatively speaking, low functioning as an adult and, again relatively speaking, more high functioning as an adult.

It makes it sound like it doesn't matter what rules we break, because we've already broken a rule... in our pants.

I must say I have never met anyone in RL who made the Asperger/Ass Burger connection, does people actually say that?

Hans Asperger's defined the syndrom, why would it not be named after him? Although I do kinda like the "Alien syndrom" idea

Both Asperger and Kanner studied people who, today, would be seen as having (Kanner's) autism and Asperger's autism (Asperger's syndrome/disorder). From that standpoint, one could even reverse the names and still be accurate.

However, Sula Wolf has presented good, peer-reviewed evidence that G.E. Ssucharewa observed Asperger's long before either Kanner or Asperger, in "The first account of the syndrome Asperger described? Translation of a paper entitled 'Die schizoiden Psychopathien im Kindesalter' by Dr. G.E. Ssucharewa; scientific assistant, which appeared in 1926 in the Monatsschrift fUr Psychiatrie und Neurologie 60:235-261"

The human ass doesn't even produce objects of the aesthetic proportion that people with Asperger's Syndrome so appreciate.

yes but can anyone pronounce Ssucharewa? this was the issue that came up when they decided on the name to put in the DSM. That was the absolute first instance of recognition, but too hard man. plus it makes us the SS.

I didn't realize they considered using that name. However, I don't know why they named it after an individual. Personally, I would rather they simply collapsed it into the autism category (which may happen in the DSM-V).

i don't know

How would Ssucharewa be pronounced? hmm..

Instead of "Such are We" syndrome.. it would be "Such are wa" syndrome?? I think that would be better than Asperger's... honestly, I do.. and since THAT was the person that identified it.. well, it only seems fair to correct it, right? Yeah, a correction to honor the proper person that identified the disorder in the first place..

Such are Wa Syndrome... (Ssucharewa Syndrome -- corrected to reflect the true scholar that first identified it.) This might take a little getting used to, but it could be better and people couldn't make fun of the name so easily, you know? I like that idea myself anyway...

Actually, I'm not sure how it would be pronounced... It could start out with the first syllable sounding like "SUCK"... Then it would be like "Suck a Re Wa Syndrome".. hmm.. People might make fun of it by saying "suck a real one" syndrome..? and make crude gestures.. ouch...

Maybe a combination of names?.. But then, you could have something that sounds like "Suck- ASS Syndrome"... haha Well, That would be worse!! ! If it's pronounced SUCH instead of SUCK.. well, that would be alot better... Does anybody know??? which way it's pronounced? before we end up with something actually worse than what it is? I know, they really would never actually call it that...

Maybe Hanssuch Syndrome? (Hans + Ssuch)?

how about Gibblexia, from the word Gibbled (adj.) malfunctioning, broken, (v)to break, maim, or otherwise impair
and Lexia which means I borrowed it from dyslexia, Gibbled in the head
used in a sentence. I think my aspergers is turning into Gibblexia