| Phudnik |
Feb 11, 2010 4:52 pm |
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Originally Posted by Mackieman
(Post 13373428)
My sister (who has Asperger's) is pissed at the American Psychological Association because they changed the definition of autism and as anyone who knows anything about autism understands, people with autism don't like change. :-:
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The APA spokesman quoted in the article I read acknowledged as such. :-:
I'm a bit surprised they did this given the media attention given to Asperger's, but the diagnostic categories are pretty fluid, and there are a lot of people at the high end of the spectrum who are not classic Asperger's.
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Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 13373745)
Sounds like there was a change in status recently, though. ^
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