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#Asperger's #Disorder #Condition #NaziExperiment #Diagnosis #DSM-5 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 Today marks 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 and, in the labyrinth of speeches that try to define the condition? disorder? it's easy to get lost and not understand all the things that make 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 a mishmash of misunderstandings. Starting with the name, I particularly join the current that defends 𝘎𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘌𝘧𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘢 as its true discoverer, she was a doctor daughter of a Jewish mother and a Soviet father who in 1925 published her clinical findings in an article in Russian that would later be translated into German, described autistic traits before 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 did in 1938. While 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 and 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 are undoubtedly related, it's important to recognize that many people incorrectly connect the two. Your understanding can help reframe part of the narrative. There is a lot of discussion about whether 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 was some kind of 𝘖𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳, but there is very little evidence in his favour, currently the evidence that exists at least, points to 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 as a doctor who, among other things, sent some from his child patients to 𝘈𝘮 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘥, where they ended up as medical experiments of Nazism. Personally, I find it hard to believe that, in such a close-knit medical community in Vienna, 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 was not aware of what was going on. What moves me, as 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓 diagnosed at the dawn of what is considered to be the second half of life, is that in the middle of the second decade of the 21st century there is so much misinformation regarding the signs of the condition? disorder? Especially today I have seen many ignorant of the subject giving opinions and publishing infographics based on protocols from before the 90's and if something bothers an 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓 it is precisely 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍, : 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 Since 2019, 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 is diagnosed according to the 𝐹𝑖𝑓𝑡𝘩 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 (𝐷𝑆𝑀-𝟻), edited by the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘈𝘗𝘈) and yes, it is part of the so-called Autism Spectrum Disorders. Thus, the 𝐷𝑆𝑀-𝟻 now includes a new disease called "𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟" since it was established that this is not an indicator of an 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 person. This new disorder is characterized by difficulties in verbal and nonverbal communication that cannot be explained by low cognitive ability. It includes difficulty learning and using spoken and written language, as well as inadequate responses in conversation, and does limit effective communication, social relationships, academic performance, and job performance. The trend since 2004 is to eliminate labels and focus on profiles, but by removing 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓'𝒔 from the list of conditions or disabilities with which they were already diagnosed, thousands of people, mainly in the United States, lost their insurance coverage of health. The decision to return a particular disability to the "𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎" (wide and full of different diagnoses) affected the support that people with this syndrome already received and put insurers before the need, in many cases, to take away benefits from their clients. It was a debate where scientists and people who had already been diagnosed with 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒓 disagreed with eliminating and not replacing this particular type of neurodiversity with another concept or name, since this new APA framework resulted in a substantial number of people with this syndrome no longer met the criteria for a clinical diagnosis and financial support and therapies that were already covered by social security were taken away from them. Later, Barack Obama's Medicaid health plan managed to recover rights lost by people with this “bad surname” diagnosis and extended all syndromes that include the autistic spectrum with the same coverage as those living with autism. So, if we continue to be treated with that "surname" of disorder, condition or whatever they call it, it is only for political and economic convenience. From my experience I can say that: 1.- Are we perfectionists? True, in our environment there must be discipline, order and cleanliness 2.- Do we have bad social interaction? False, but we are very direct, simple and sincere; also very selective with friendships and the indicator has nothing to do with the economic aspect but with the cultural and intellectual level and we are bored with banal topics of conversation 3.- Do we have language difficulties? False, on the contrary, we appropriate a wide glossary and from childhood we develop hyperlexia or the ability to read, understand and use a language that is supposedly beyond the age development. 4.- Are we analytical? True, regular equations are zero sum and residuals are loose ends to be tied up 5.- Do we have above average intelligence? True, IQ= 156 6.- Do we have an excellent memory? True, q-eidetic 7.- Do we lack empathy? False, we are capable of understanding others, but we do not tolerate conformity and lack of motivation to achieve; nor that they treat us as gifted for being polyglots or having abilities for the exact sciences 8.- Are we retailers? True, the Earth is not spherical but geoid and approximates an ellipsoid 9.- Are we attached? False, we are conservationists and protectors 10.- Are we more sensitive to pain and noise? Right, that's why I developed Fibromyalgia, which is another condition; I don't process pain like most people do and sometimes a silly thing hurts a lot In short, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚. What we are is privileged because we are someone who can recognize patterns in history, science and politics, analyze them, learn from them, investigate, create new applications, solve puzzles and transmit that knowledge to place it at the service of humanity.