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Okay.
So I love doing videos on Aspergers syndrome, mainly because the name has
changed over the years, and it's not an autism spectrum disorder, but we're
going to get into all of that in it.
Within a short while.
So I've basically written down seven things.
I think people should know about the concept of Asperger's syndrome and more
in-depth information about it because, um, you know, Asperger's syndrome is
still a widely used term and a lot of people do still search for standing in
and information about Aspergers and some places in the world still do diagnose
people with Aspergers, but I'm going to get into all of that right now.
So buckle up, get ready.
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Let's begin.
Okay.
So number one was the name change.
Now aspergers syndrome, had an official name, change to the autism
spectrum disorder in 2013, when the DSM 5, which is the American.
Psychology and neurological kind of handbook and guide book for diagnosing
conditions, uh, basically realized that using the term Aspergers syndrome
alienated a lot of people who are on the autism spectrum outside of
helping clinical kind of resources.
So they changed the name to just include asperges as an autism
spectrum disorder, which it is, and then they just fused it altogether.
So it's now just autism spectrum disorder, but people up until
2013 still had the diagnosis like I did of Asperger's syndrome.
Which is very, very interesting.
Um, and I just find that it's just fascinating.
The history is just fascinating.
Wow.
Let's roll with it.
So number two is the history of Aspergers syndrome.
No Aspergers is named after the main research in the field of this
specific kind of set of behaviors.
And the man was called Hans Aspergers.
Now Hans Aspergers started researching the stuff in 1947, I
believe, but at the same time, a guy called Leo Kanner was actually.
Um, uh, researching this kind of, um, condition as well.
So he called it kind of autism or early infant, early infantile,
autism, uh,or Kanner syndrome.
And you had Hans Asperger who was looking at just, um, young
boys with low support needs.
So they were kind of like, um, I don't like using term high
functioning but like high functioning.
Uh, well, we'll get into that in a minute.
Um, and he was looking at that, uh, and that's how he kind of came to that
body of research, but it wasn't until after he died that the, uh, Yeah, but
they kind of came up with the naming of Aspergers syndrome, which is crazy
and he didn't die until the 80s.
Okay.
So number three is Asperger's versus autism.
Now this is a big question, right?
People always get confused.
They say like it's Aspergers syndrome, autism, or they say, Hey,
people with Asperger's and autism.
Well, here is Asperger's and autism are the exact same condition.
There is no difference.
It's just a way of labeling the level of support needs one needs.
So before the name change to autism spectrum disorder, you have things
like classes, autism, high functioning, autism, low functioning autism Asperger's
syndrome, which would basically we dotted around to say like, well, this
person needs this much support needs.
And this person needs like this little bit of support needs or that
person needs a lot of support needs.
And it was all a big mess because, um, Because autism is a spectrum and everyone
on the autism spectrum is different.
They are different cases, level of needs, but they all do need
needs at the end of the day.
So they decided to, um, get rid of that nomenclature and just how autism
spectrum disorder, which is what I was talking about in the first one.
But if you ever get confused, is Aspergers autism or vice versa?
Yes aspergers and autism are one in the same thing, And that's awesome.
High functioning autism.
A lot of people often refer to Aspergers as high functioning autism.
And all that basically means is that they have a lower set of support needs.
Like my diagnosis, I have a lowest set of support needs then, uh, somebody I
know who is a non-verbal person who has trouble with using the bathroom, right?
So because autism is a spectrum and there's a bunch of different
places you could be dotted on that.
Um, you know, I'm fortunate enough to be blessed with the ability to verbally
communicate and express myself, you know, through learning and understanding
and, and development, because I wasn't always as confident and I didn't
always speak this much and I had a bit of delayed speech, so it's not like
it's, you know, it's still, I still have struggles, still have issues, but
it's a more of a, um, my functioning level of support needs is a lot lower.
My levels.
One is a lot lower and my function is higher.
And then somebody in that bracket where they may need higher support needs to have
fun with daily life skills, which is, um, obviously we're all here to help people.
And we just need to acknowledge that, but that is where the term
high-functioning autism came from.
But people don't really use these functioning labels because
functioning labels implies that you are less of a, this.
Condition then somebody else would say, Oh, or vice versa.
And, uh, it's not really used in the community and other people
within this community don't use those functioning labels because
they it's just like anything else it evolves and it changes over time.
And, um, you know, naming and stuff kind of becomes more, um, politically correct,
and a bit more comfortable for people who like to use certain terms and yeah,
high functioning was not a good one.
Okay.
So number five, this one's kind of like a bit of a myth
Asperger's syndrome doesn't exist.
Well, I got news.
Whew.
Um, Aspergers didn't stop existing.
Just because of its name change in 2013.
I mean, it actually still does exist.
Um, you know, in some parts of the world and in some kind of diagnostic
criteria, you can still get a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, but typically
it's autism spectrum disorder now.
But, um, yeah, thanks to 2013, whole ruckus.
And everybody thought like, as we're just going to stop existence,
you know, the conditions just disappeared, which wasn't the case.
It's still does exist, obviously, because it's just an autism spectrum disorder.
It was a way of labeling somebody.
On to, number six, this one's my favorite one.
People say, um, aspect is not in females.
Oh my goodness.
This.
Okay.
So we're talking about Asperger's syndrome and autism being the same thing.
People say Aspergers syndrome, um, isn't applicable for
females is completely bogus.
So as we were just syndrome is, and was diagnosable in females.
And as females are not exempt from autism, but this myth did come
around from the fact that Hans Aspergers, when he only studied.
Boys on the spectrum because he saw his behavior traits in boys because boys,
um, Ash slightly different to girls are displaying their autism characteristics.
Um, so he only studied boys.
So he came to the conclusion that only boys are autistic, which
is complete and utter nonsense.
It's just that it was, you know, it was an infantry like, um, It was in its infancy.
The research is so young.
He hadn't gotten round to figuring out what the girls were on the spectrum,
but of course that myth kind of, kind of played out for years and years.
And people still talk about it to this day, which is not, but you
know, it's not, it's not real.
It's completely bogus.
Girls can have autism.
Yeah.
Okay.
And number seven is celebrity diagnosis, right?
There are a bunch of celebrities.
You actually have a diagnosis.
Of Asperger's syndrome.
And I'm going to name just a couple right now.
So you guys can have a feel of it because a lot of the time
you think about like, you know, disabilities and stuff like that.
And you wonder if anybody famous actually has these disabilities and
yet, you know, a bunch of famous people are disabled and that's a great thing.
It's an amazing thing to see because like idols and stuff.
So, um, there are a bunch of celebrities who have.
Uh, an autism spectrum diagnosis, but the two most interesting ones that I
want to talk about today is Susan Boyle, who is a very famous singer from the UK.
Um, my Homeland, uh, um, Susan Boyle is a singer.
She's a Scottish woman, I think, but she has a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome.
Uh, but she's a very, very successful singer, very, very
successful, a very famous woman.
Um, and then the other guy is Dan Akroyd, who is a writer, director,
author, actor, and he's, um, he's in like blues brothers and like Ghostbusters
and he's in all kinds of films.
The guy is an absolute legend.
And if you don't know who Dan Akroyd is, he plays, um, Ray.
In ghostbusters I think is his name Ray in ghostbusters?
Sounds weird, but anyway, um, those people do have a diagnosis of
Asperger's syndrome and actually here's another factoid about Danek right.
He actually has a diagnosis of Tourette's as well.
And he barks in his sleep, which I also do, which I've never told anybody.
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