Can we drop the D?

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Can we drop the D in ASD? I mean that I do not feel like I have a disorder, this is me, take it or leave it.

Yes I do find difficulty fitting in sometimes. I find social occasions where you are expected to mingle oppressive. I am not being antisocial gravitating to the corners, I'm not surrounded in corners.

But finding difficulty fitting in and not fitting in are two different things. We find our own ways of coping. Here up on the High functioning side of the spectrum it does not need to be a disorder as such, so can we drop the D and just talk about the Autism Spectrum?

Good point. I'm not entirely sure about the differences between autistic spectrum disorder and typical autism. Aren't they both the same thing? the ADOS module 4 scoring has a cut off level for ASD and Autism but I see no difference between them as they're both technically ASDs.

*confused*

It's a disorder to me.

In my world, it's the NTs who are disordered

'dropping the D' obviously means something very different in this part of the country!

"'dropping the D' obviously means something very different in this part of the country!"

Trying to think what? Got a feeling there's a humorous response here...but can't think what "AS" means in Reading...

My diagnosis states "Autistic Spectrum Condition," so it seems that some institutions and individuals have already dropped using the "D," thankfully.

Last edited by Jute on 13 Sep 2016, 6:58 am, edited 1 time in total.

OP, do you realize you are suggesting a change in diagnostic language based on your unique experience of autism? You may be less "high-functioning" than you realize.

blokes around here jokingly talk about whether they got lucky with a girl by saying 'did you give her the D?' or sometimes 'I dropped the D on her last night boys!' etc.

needless to say, I was disappointed once I opened this thread....

but...what??? who?? what does the 'D' mean? What's going on?

oh f*k it...GOOGLE

Well that's the thing with autism. Often they think of people like me who will never be able to get a job or drive a car or live on their own etc. They don't seem to take into consideration those who's only problem with autism is they're not a social butterfly.

they mean 'D' as in d**k!

I also have a serious heart condition not a heart disability.

Yes, this is quite common now - in the UK at least. Manuals like DSM-V continue to refer to it as a disorder, but clinicians are beginning to demonstrate more empathy (!) and use the word 'condition'.

Changes in social attitudes can eventually have an impact on official categories. For instance, homosexuality used to be listed in earlier DSMs as a disorder.

ASD without D is AS.
And Asperger Syndrome doesn't have to be a disorder.

We should all drop an E.

It's a Disorder, it has no cure and it's there all your life, a lifelong disability.

Unless you self diagnosed on tumblr, then it's whatever nonsense you want it to be, like your other 'disorders'.