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17 Jan 2012, 11:17 am

I haven't found any information sources that suggest whether or not Asperger('s) Syndrome was characterised by a diagnosed patient, so I have decided to leave it up to the popular opinion of my fellow chatroom yakkers.

Have you read any texts wherein lies information that determines whether the condition is named Asperger Syndrome or Asperger's Syndrome? All constructive responses will be met with much gratitude :)


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17 Jan 2012, 11:22 am

Both are considered correct.


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17 Jan 2012, 11:28 am

Either. You could also say Disorder. But not Disease.



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17 Jan 2012, 12:01 pm

I suppose I should explain my enquiry into the matter. You see, in light of my recent discovery that the 21st Chromosome condition is officially phrased as "Down Syndrome" - on the grounds that John Langdon Down was not diagnosed with the condition himself - I figure that the phrasing Asperger('s) Syndrome must work in the same way... I would like to be correct with it.

And furthermore, "disorder" has something of a negative effect to it, wouldn't you say? We Aspies are not ruined :)


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17 Jan 2012, 12:08 pm

BeauZa wrote:
I suppose I should explain my inquiry into the matter. You see, in light of my recent discovery that the 21st Chromosome condition is officially phrased as "Down Syndrome" - on the grounds that John Langdon Down was not diagnosed with the condition himself - I figure that the phrasing Asperger('s) Syndrome must work in the same way... I would like to be correct with it.

And furthermore, "disorder" has something of a negative effect to it, wouldn't you say? We Aspies are not ruined :)


My understanding is that both are now incorrect. Our betters have decided we are now HFA. I'll remain an aspie though....



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17 Jan 2012, 12:11 pm

I decided to take a look at the Wikipedia article on Asperger('s) Syndrome and found that the condition was described by an Austrian pediatrician, au nom de Hans Asperger; the article doesn't seem to insinuate that Dr. Asperger was an advocate of the condition himself.


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17 Jan 2012, 1:14 pm

As has been said, the difference will soon be moot...Asperger('s) is being replaced as a diagnosis altogether soon, and an Autism "scale" will be adopted.

Don't know how I feel about it.


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17 Jan 2012, 1:19 pm

For whatever reason, it is now generally understood that Hans Asperger was responsible for at least partially quantifying it and therefore, as the "discoverer" of the syndrome, it takes his name as "his" syndrome.
In the same way that Planck's Constant was "invented" by Max Planck and Einstein's Theory of Relativity was "created" by Albert Einstein and Newton's law of universal gravitation was "discovered" by Isaac Newton.
Therefore, it is "Asperger's Syndrome".

If "Asperger Syndrome" was correct then so would "Einstein Theory of Relativity", "Planck Constant" and "Newton law of gravity", but they're not - because they're not.


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17 Jan 2012, 3:53 pm

I don't want there to not be an Asperger('s) Syndrome! I grew up with that moniker for it :(
When was this decided and when will it take effect?


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17 Jan 2012, 7:38 pm

Cornflake wrote:
For whatever reason, it is now generally understood that Hans Asperger was responsible for at least partially quantifying it and therefore, as the "discoverer" of the syndrome, it takes his name as "his" syndrome.
In the same way that Planck's Constant was "invented" by Max Planck and Einstein's Theory of Relativity was "created" by Albert Einstein and Newton's law of universal gravitation was "discovered" by Isaac Newton.
Therefore, it is "Asperger's Syndrome".

If "Asperger Syndrome" was correct then so would "Einstein Theory of Relativity", "Planck Constant" and "Newton law of gravity", but they're not - because they're not.


So if he himself had it, could he tell people "I have My Syndrome?"



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17 Jan 2012, 7:50 pm

CaptainTrips222 wrote:
Cornflake wrote:
For whatever reason, it is now generally understood that Hans Asperger was responsible for at least partially quantifying it and therefore, as the "discoverer" of the syndrome, it takes his name as "his" syndrome.
In the same way that Planck's Constant was "invented" by Max Planck and Einstein's Theory of Relativity was "created" by Albert Einstein and Newton's law of universal gravitation was "discovered" by Isaac Newton.
Therefore, it is "Asperger's Syndrome".

If "Asperger Syndrome" was correct then so would "Einstein Theory of Relativity", "Planck Constant" and "Newton law of gravity", but they're not - because they're not.
So if he himself had it, could he tell people "I have My Syndrome?"
I don't think it was called Asperger's Syndrome until many years after he'd died and his work was eventually recognised.


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18 Jan 2012, 1:00 pm

BeauZa wrote:
I haven't found any information sources that suggest whether or not Asperger('s) Syndrome was characterised by a diagnosed patient, so I have decided to leave it up to the popular opinion of my fellow chatroom yakkers.

Have you read any texts wherein lies information that determines whether the condition is named Asperger Syndrome or Asperger's Syndrome? All constructive responses will be met with much gratitude :)


Technically, it should be Asperger's Syndrome. But most of us use Asperger and Asperger's more or less interchangeably, so I too use them interchangeably in most contexts.