... as autism, although it is in the same family. The NINDS has a good description of what Aspergers is. Having a separate diagnosis is important to many people because it helps give ... an identity, rather than lumping it in with something else: autism. That being said, there is now a movement among some psychiatrists to take Aspergers out of the DSM-V (fifth edition) and put it under autism spectrum ...

In Tuesday’s New York Times,  Simon Baron-Cohen reviews the implications of merging Aspergers into Autism Spectrum Disorder in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.  He gives a solid overview of reasoning on both sides of the issue but recommends that we wait because we don’t yet know if there is a true difference

I love reading the more positive stories about people with Aspergers, stories that concentrate more on what you can achieve with an ASD not what you can't! I also like the quote from ... Attwood. "The problem is that people will talk of suffering from it. No. You don't suffer from Aspergers, you suffer from other people. I want people like Clay to be admired, for people to say they've ...

... old Aspie boy named Reuben Walsh. As good as it portrays an example of Aspergers, what should always be keep in mind is that there are other vital factors which affect the way Aspies differ from one ... , along with Jamie James, have done studies on eccentrics and (to my knowledge) have not mentioned Aspergers, but what is pointed out in an interview with Dr. Weeks is that eccentrics live longer, are ...

... ;r når man også har aspergers syndrome. jeg ser formlen med de to ting ... Den gør mig meget anerledes fysisk.Aspergers syndrom: Den gør at jeg psykisk& ... gøre en del af livet surt. Aspergers er en psykisk sygdom der er medfø ... som det er nu. Men men, ingen med aspergers er ens, og jeg er en mild aspergers, bedre kendt som en "asperger light".  ;) ...

Book in hand my son gets into my car. He will continue to read the book even though it is not assigned reading and he is no longer in school. Every word that he reads he will retain and often to the dismay of my younger children share with the captive audience of passengers taking the ride with us. My son is handsome. He has fair skin, green eyes and wavy brown hair. He is tall, and quite ...

Mom enjoys finding articles on dogs or reptiles and aspergers syndrome in the New York times and forwarding them to me. Today she sent me this and it was so awesome, I had to share. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday ...

How many Aspergers case are third and fourth kids whose parents are just coasting and not teaching them all the social skills they need? Yanno 'He's doing okay in school and the puppy is still alive and he doesn't have a cop record, so we're fine' type of parenting. Or just 'We're too fucking busy making a paycheck' parenting.

Often in my writing I have found the need to break up dialogue with a bit of description. I have noticed that I am prone to falling back on the same interplay between two characters, particularly when their conversation has been very emotional. "Why can't you say I love you? It's not that difficult." Said Hannah; the tears were rolling down her face now, any minute ...

Anxiety isn't a necessary part of Asperger's but it is a reality at some point for many of the people I know who live under this umbrella. My friend E wrote a great post this week about her sons (and ours) struggles with understanding a world that is a constant mystery to them. "Asperger's is more than a disability. It is who these kids are, ingrained in the very fiber of their ...