It seems that doctors and psychologists are eliminating the term "aspergers". As a result, children and adults with high functioning Autism will no longer be classified as children with aspergers. Instead we will be officially called "autistic."
I like the change. I always referred to myself as being autistic anyway. People are more familiar with Autistic than they are with aspergers. Every-time I type the word "aspergers," Microsoft Word has it being spelled wrong. It's really annoying. I guess that's another reason why it's a good thing that aspergers is no more.Plus everything is wrapped up in one title rather than having different names for similar symptoms and behavior, whether mild or severe.
All kidding aside my younger brother Nicky has low functioning Autism so he is called Autistic no matter what.It's great for myself to be officially called Autistic so I can be like my younger brother.
Many people feel that Aspergers needs to stay. Mainly so the higher functioning autistic people won't be mixed up with low functioning autistic. Plus, people won't believe that a person could be autistic because he or she is so high-functioning.
The label Autistic could get you better benefits in terms of health and accommodations but Aspergers is different from low-functioning Autism.
It's tricky, both sides of this argument bring up great points. I had a meeting with Connor (a middle school student with high functioning Autism who has his own blog. I'll explain more in a later post.), his family, and Jennifer. (Chris' mom)
We discussed the issues and it left us with some questions rather than answers which is not a bad thing.
At this point, I'm officially Autistic.
One more thing about being called Autistic, I think the Autistic Sports Nerd sounds a lot better than Aspergers Sports Nerd.
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