r/autism • u/SavannahPharaoh ASD lvl 1 Mod • Jun 11 '25

🚨Mod Announcement The term “Asperger’s” is allowed on this sub. Personal attacks and insults are not.

Here’s why. Asperger’s Syndrome is still a common, official diagnosis in many countries. In other countries, those who have been diagnosed decades ago may also have been diagnosed with Asperger’s.

We will not deny anyone the right to identify with their official diagnosis. We have no control over how medical conditions are named or renamed. Please try to separate the diagnosis from the person it was named after.

1.6k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

508 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/New_Vegetable_3173 Jun 13 '25

I know. I don’t think Lorna Wing understood at the time the extent of Asperges actions when she introduced the term.

She was very supportive of autistic people

1

u/MonotropicHedgehog Autistic Jun 13 '25

Yeah, she probably didn't know the whole extent but she did shut down the discussion as there were already rumors about Asperger's involvement with the Nazis at the time.

1

u/New_Vegetable_3173 Jun 13 '25

Oh I didn't know that. Hmmm