Someone with autism who has a severe intellectual disability and is non-verbal has significantly different needs from a person who was formally labeled as having Asperger’s, so why are they considered the same disability?
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>person who was formally labeled as having Asperger’s
Asperger’s used to be a diagnosis separate from ASD. Unfortunately, that mean that the resources available to someone with ASD were not available to someone with an Aspie diagnosis. “Yes, Mrs. Smith, we would love to help your child out but because he’s not diagnosed Autistic just Aspie so there’s nothing we have to offer him”.
So Asperger’s got lumped together with ASD in the latest DSM-V. I’m Aspie, but my official diagnosis is Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1.
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