DSM-6 is in the works, where do we stand about it?

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I had learnt that DSM-6 is in the works. Dsm-5 replaced the Asperger definition but it has been repudiated in many countries.
In Argentina, you can get that diagnosis still under CIE-10 and DSM-4.

Now, what i am concerned about is: is it beneficial that we still identify as "aspie"? Should the answer be "Yes" could we come together and ask APA to bring the Asperger diagnosis back?

Hans Asperger has been accused in a book of horrible things, yet, how can we find out if this is the truth or either if that could have been some sort of underhanded attemp to control us, maybe with full falsehoods, maybe mixing truths and falsehoods together?

Also, something that keeps me concerned since long ago.. if Dr Asperger lived up to 1980s and may he have been what he has been alleged to be, why didn't him appear on any color tv programme from Germany or Austria? Why we do not have color pics of him?
Europe had color tv since 1960s, color photography has been available from longer than that and was the norm in 1970s and 1980s..

I informally identify myself as being an Aspie.

When I got my Autism Assessment the conclusion was that I met the criteria associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 1 (Mild)—a DSM 5 assessment—but that I also satisfied the criteria previously associated with Asperger's Syndrome—a DSM 4 assessment.

I think Asperger's Syndrome is more precise even if it is not official.