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13 Feb 2010, 4:28 pm

It's still the same thing, and I like the word "autism" better than "ass hamburgers" anyway.


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13 Feb 2010, 4:31 pm

BoringAaron wrote:
It's still the same thing, and I like the word "autism" better than "ass hamburgers" anyway.


That's one of the things I'll miss about it, all the jokes and puns that came out of it. I have always had a sense of humour about the subject and me and my friends and family have had loads of injokes and stuff.


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13 Feb 2010, 4:32 pm

BoringAaron wrote:
It's still the same thing, and I like the word "autism" better than "ass hamburgers" anyway.


autism = rainman



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13 Feb 2010, 4:33 pm

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DSM-V is coming out in May 2013, therefore the title must be revised.
You also misspelt Heather Kuzmich.


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13 Feb 2010, 5:45 pm

tangerine12 wrote:
BoringAaron wrote:
It's still the same thing, and I like the word "autism" better than "ass hamburgers" anyway.


autism = rainman

...because Rainman had autism? He did not.



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13 Feb 2010, 5:47 pm

What makes Rain Man an even worse depiction of autism is that Dustin Hoffman studied Kim Peek, who does not have autism.



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13 Feb 2010, 5:52 pm

Asperger's is no longer a legal diagnosis, yes, but that doesn't mean it's "dead" by any means. In 2013, if you're explaining to someone you've recently met that you have Asperger's and they say "You liar! That's no longer an official DSM-V diagnosis!" I will give you a hundred bucks.


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13 Feb 2010, 6:04 pm

MONKEY wrote:
BoringAaron wrote:
It's still the same thing, and I like the word "autism" better than "ass hamburgers" anyway.


That's one of the things I'll miss about it, all the jokes and puns that came out of it. I have always had a sense of humour about the subject and me and my friends and family have had loads of injokes and stuff.


Haha, same. Me and my dad (who also has Asperger's) will make Assburgers and Rain Man jokes a lot (even though Rain Man was not autistic).

Also, I love the sig. I've never had a response to that before!


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13 Feb 2010, 6:13 pm

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I suspect it will continue in use long after it is no longer official. It will still describe a "type" of person when used outside the medical/psychological terminology although it could, over the years, fall into disuse. It's too useful a "you know what I mean" name to disappear. If words like "paranoid" and "psychotic" can become part of the regular popular vocabulary, "asperger" will still have a place and still be used; imprecisely and sometimes inaccurately, but as a shortcut word that is understood.


I think that the use will vanish quicker, because "Asperger" never really became part of the regular popular vocabulary, and most people "don,t know what you mean".



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13 Feb 2010, 6:14 pm

tangerine12 wrote:
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I liked how Orwell put it in this post: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp2620215.html#2620215

Basically it will still be used, like the term "Kanners" is still used, it just won't be an official diagnosis label.


i think that's BS


Care to explain why you think it's BS? People do still talk about Kanner's and how it differs from other spectrum disorders, so I don't see how Asperger's will be any different.

I also don't see why you're getting so worked up about this. It's not going to change who you are or how you function, it's just going to change some paperwork.


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13 Feb 2010, 7:17 pm

Maybe where DSM matters. It doesn't in England.


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13 Feb 2010, 7:51 pm

ursaminor wrote:
What makes Rain Man an even worse depiction of autism is that Dustin Hoffman studied Kim Peek, who does not have autism.

Rain man is based on many people, some who did have autism.

Anyway I'm over this complaining about AS being removed from the DSM V. I've already adapted by calling myself autistic.


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13 Feb 2010, 8:20 pm

mikkyh wrote:
Maybe where DSM matters. It doesn't in England.


i'll have to move to England then



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13 Feb 2010, 8:21 pm

pat2rome wrote:
tangerine12 wrote:
SabbraCadabra wrote:
I liked how Orwell put it in this post: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp2620215.html#2620215

Basically it will still be used, like the term "Kanners" is still used, it just won't be an official diagnosis label.


i think that's BS


Care to explain why you think it's BS? People do still talk about Kanner's and how it differs from other spectrum disorders, so I don't see how Asperger's will be any different.

I also don't see why you're getting so worked up about this. It's not going to change who you are or how you function, it's just going to change some paperwork.


No MD or psych phD ever suggested I was "autistic"

personality disorder with OCD, NOS, schizoid, narcisstic, bipolar, depressive, blah blah de dah



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13 Feb 2010, 8:50 pm

Yeah, doctors are afraid to say "autism" because it has such a bad reputation. They don't even say it to parents; that's part of why PDD-NOS is such a popular diagnosis. They give that diagnosis to kids that even a first-year psych student could see are obviously classic autistics.

It's about time we removed the stereotype. Forcing doctors to say "autism" will do a great deal of good to get the message out that autistics are not, in fact, hopeless cases.


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13 Feb 2010, 10:16 pm

i've heard they're going to start referring to all forms of the common cold as "The Flu".