"On Aspergers": A Page for Aspergers Noobs

[krisi]

Bleh... people always tell you this when you post a link to Wikipedia.

Rett Syndrome and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder sometimes are considered as being ASDs, but way less often than so - it, like most things in the medical world, is debatable. This is what it's currently like. It could be different in the future, but I know that right now, RS and CDD hardly ever are considered as being anything other than PDDs. While they do share similar traits as people with ASDs, they're still considered as being distinguishable.

I obviously don't have a copy of future DSM, so why would I have known that RS and CDD are, or may be becoming ASDs? I'm speaking about now - what things are like at the moment; not the future. If RS and CDD become official ASDs in the future, I'll simply update my "On Aspergers" page to make you happy.

I did say before that we can agree to disagree on the matter of Rett's and CDD. You needn't include them because they HAVEN'T been studied as much as other PDD's--but I listed them in my first for your own completeness of information. I apologize if you felt affronted when I began that statement with "you forgot..." because that can seem accusatory. What's more important than the exclusion of Rett's and CDD are the traits that I listed as being directly contrary in the first post I made on this thread. I only went into so much detail about Rett's and CDD because you used my statement about them to try and tell me that I was unqualified to make the statements about the direct contradictions.

 

[142857]

It applied brevity to it, so it isn't very long, yet still informative.

Exactly.

The problem is that it is difficult to apply brevity to something like Aspergers or HFA. What seems to happen is that, in attempting to apply brevity to such a topic, one tends to focus on the traits as they affect one's self.

Seriously, from what I have seen, you could write a tome on the subject of Aspergers common traits and occasional traits and co-morbid conditions and not even come close to covering all of the bases.

For example, I've been through phases of being virtually mute. And phases of being totally verbose (once I get started). Perhaps saying that an Aspie struggles to find the appropriate level of verbal input would be more accurate.

Also the phrase "non-verbal" seems to be causing confusion. I am guessing that Chair means that a typical Aspie finds it much easier to express him/herself through the written word than through the spoken word. Some might assume that by "non-verbal" communication you are referring to things like body language. I know that my body language seems to be impossible to read except for people who know me very well.

As Michael said, the severity of AS varies significantly from one person to another. And they can vary significantly over time for any one Aspie as well - some traits becoming more severe or (more likely) less severe over time.

 

[Calvert]

I think we can agree to disagree, yes?

I don't mind if this debate continues but I think you both should calm down a little.

 

[142857]

Looks to me like it has already degenerated into a healthy and logical debate.

 

[umbrellabeach]

This is the page through which I discovered this forum. What are the odds?