babybird wrote:
This might sound like a silly question to some people but I ask it in all sincerity and also because a lot of people who come here seem to know an awful lot on the subject and about the way the diagnostic criteria has altered.
Is aspergers syndrome still on the autism spectrum?
The diagnosis was removed from the DSM with the fifth edition in 2013. They might still use the diagnosis in other countries but no longer in the US. If you were diagnosed in the US with Asperger's prior to the removal of the diagnosis in the DSM, so prior to 2013, your Asperger's diagnosis is still considered valid and will just be redefined as to the new terminology. But anyone diagnosed after that in the US, will have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder with a number, either 1, 2, or 3, which determines that level of support needs.
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