Talk:Asperger's syndrome

Many Asperger's Cases Improve
Many friends I have with autism spectrum disorders say this is true, including someone where this really was the case for him. And it's thrown around a lot... but the reference on wikipedia that mentions this is behind a pay-wall and I can't find any other actual, reputable source. I know for a fact that this is an actual thing, not hearsay. But I still seek a solid reference for it. It had to come from somewhere. When I hear my friend's therapist talking about this but then I can't find any evidence of it online it drives me nuts. If you can't find anything, or find information that proves that this is not the case, please remove that line, or I will. If this was an article I would never have included it, but thank goodness wikis are collaborative. One of you, for example, might be able to get around the paywall. Or have other information. ±KnightOfTL;DR critical thinking is the key to success! 02:50, 1 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I've removed it.


 * This article is really pretty fuckwitted. Is it talking about Asperger's Syndrome, or Internet Asperger's Syndrome Syndrome? Because conflating the two is fundamentally stupid. Move it to essay space - David Gerard (talk) 20:34, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Asperger's syndrome syndrome
People (usually young nerdy inclined males) who blame all their social failings on a undiagnosed/self-diagnosed (looking in LessWrong's direction) case of Asperger's syndrome. -  π    04:23, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

This is idiot shit
Move to essay space or user space or just kill it, the current article is worse than a redlink - David Gerard (talk) 20:36, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow. Someone here actually wrote this?  We let autism denialists write mainspace articles?  Delete or rewrite completely.-- 20:38, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * "" from what? It's an orphan page; move or vape.  22:30, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I wrote this page because it was on the list of requested pages. I don't see how it was a terrible page. It was neither denialist nor nasty, and I attempted to document the phenomenon of many young people using self-diagnosed Aspergers as a get-out-of-jail card when it comes to bad behavior, which I have encountered repeatedly in real life. I'm kind of sad you thought it was awful, but if you think it was, I respect your decision. ±[[File:knightoftldrsig.png]]KnightOfTL;DR yeah, well you fight like a cow! 22:38, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Some bits of it might be salvageable, but it was disproportionately about self-diagnosis, which made it look a lot like denying or trivialising this condition. Perhaps it would be better to have an article on psychiatric self-diagnosis, which runs the gamut from plausible things like OCD & asperger's, through MPD, to otherkindom & therianthropy.   22:51, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I wrote mostly about self-diagnosis because I was under the impression people didn't want wikipedia articles here, and instead wanted explorations of woo, bad theories, trivializations, etc. of subjects. I do think that article you mention would be a very useful one, and it should get written. I never meant to deny or trivialize the condition; I said explicitly in it one or two times that it is a real diagnosis. It's just that people haven't discovered the cause of it, and many experts can't agree if it is its own condition, is a point on the autism spectrum, is high-functioning autism variant, or if it is a behavioral psychology issue. It's very much a 'trendy' condition to have right now because it's commonly identified with eccentric geniuses and savants, rather than crippling weakness or handicap. That's mainly what I wanted to get across. It's definately a thing. Just a very unclear thing that people are still fighting over. ±[[File:knightoftldrsig.png]]KnightOfTL;DR free guybrush threepwood! no new taxes! down with porcelain! 22:57, 7 April 2012 (UTC)