aspergers being describe as mild autistic disorder?

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looking though some files I noticed I trend it looks like people seam to mention mild autistic disorder when I pretty much know that the diagnosis is mild aspergers syndrome
aspergers is mentioned a few times looking at the file but it Seems that the word mile autistic disorder is used alot

the words mentioned when looking at files:
aspergers
aspergers syndrome
mild autistic disorder
mild autistic spectrum disorder

any one else seen mild aspergers syndrome written as mild autistic disorder?

Well, it is on the mild end of the autistic spectrum, so yes, I think it is an accurate descriptor of the condition.

I think "mild" is a misunderstanding. Just because I have different issues to some people who are more obviously autistic doesn't mean I'm not as seriously affected by them.

well we can blame the scare of the eradication of Aspergers all together under the DSM-V (5) and just calling it autism. SO unfortunately mild autism would be correct as of next year sadly. But Mild is very much the wrong word for aspergers, Aspergers can be as bad as any High/Low function Autistic Person. I know many aspies and 1 autistic and we all range in category but id not say any of us are "mild" who ever calls aspergers syndrome mild has a very "mild" understanding of what it actually is!!

My daughter was recently DXed with "aspergers" but the psychologist saved us some time, trouble, and money by DXing her officially with MODERATE autistic disorder. I agree the mild/severe and HF/LF can be pretty misleading. I'm undxed but in most aspects fall into the HF/mild category. Everyone who meets my daughter assumes she is mild, but she isn't. When the psych gave us the diagnosis she said here is the spectrum:

(xxxxxxxxxx)

And she said this is mild: (oxxxxxxxxx) and this is severe (xxxxxxxxxo).

Then she said this is your daughter: (xxxxxxxoxx). She basically said she's got aspergers but that some of her attirbutes are so severe that they place her towards the severe end of the spectrum. It's really hard to see because her verbal ability is so advanced. So she said that she ranks moderate on the spectrum, however is currently considerred to HF even though her AS is not mild. She basically compensates and is able to cope better considerring what she must be dealing with. So I get irritated when people try to tell me she doesn't have it or that it must be really "mild". It's not.

I agree. Having the ability to use spoken words isn't really a great indicator of how severely autism affects you overall, and it's speaking on time (or at least before age 3) that really tends to put you in the "Asperger's" category. Speech ability is just one trait of many, and autistic people often have some traits much more strongly than others. All you know when you hear Asperger's is "this person spoke more or less on time, or can currently speak decently well, at least sometimes." That says nothing about what else they can do: Can they tell when someone is trying to fool them? Can they do their own shopping? Can they remember to sleep, eat, and shower without being told? Can they safely navigate a bus system? Do they need extra help at school; and if so, how much?

Personally, I look forward to simply being known as "autistic", because so many of the issues I have are stereotypically associated with classic autism. They're not even severe, necessarily; I'm just presumed not to have them by people who only know the term "Asperger's". A doctor who hears "Asperger's" rather than "autistic" or "PDD-NOS" is likely to assume that I am a socially anxious person with the tendency to lecture at people, but no problem with taking care of myself. They tend to assume that what I need is just to be taught how to interact with people. In reality, my differences are much more basic than that; I think and learn in a fundamentally autistic way. Socialization is just one small area in which those things have an effect--and less so for me than for many others, because I do not have a severe problem with social anxiety, only cognitive exhaustion from socializing too much. When people hear "Asperger's", they focus overmuch on socialization. That's a valid approach for people whose traits affect socialization most of all, but even then there's usually more to it than that. Just because the social traits of autism are most obvious to NTs doesn't mean those are the most important traits from my perspective.

Sorry for the last reply

In the UK we use icd.

I see a lot of people online comment: "I have a little bit of Asperger in me".

They heard of it, and see that they have some common traits but not many traits, therefore, they think they have a little bit of the Asperger condition.

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Mild, like a mild heart attack.

When I was diagnosed with Asperger's at 13 (after having been diagnosed as PDD-NOS at 5/6), they described it as a "mild form of autism" to me, which surprised me, as previously I had not considered myself autistic. (Even so, from the age of 9, I had been receiving Autism Resource Services at school.) I had heard of autism, but at the time had not placed myself in that category.

Labels are arbitrary. Mine is autistic tendencies (early 1990's). My boy is HFA currently, but has also had the Aspergers label.

I do consider both of us mildly autistic. We have our challenges, but not like those more profoundly impacted. There's no reason we shouldn't recognize our own hardships, without dismissing that others have a more profound hardship. To each as we're able, but without any preconceptions of what that truly encompasses.