Changes proposed to the diagnostic guide used by psychologists, including substantial changes to the definition of autism, are all but final. Late last week, the American Psychiatric Association’s ...

Asperger’s syndrome is no longer a stand-alone diagnosis. It’s now part of the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In other words, people with signs and symptoms of Asperger’s receive an ASD diagnosis.

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Benjamin Wallace, writing in New York Magazine about Asperger's and its use, overuse, and abuse as a term, begins his lengthy piece with a question from the late Nora Ephron: Is every man in America ...

Asperger's syndrome refers to a high-functioning form of autism. Although it was once classified as its own condition, Asperger’s is no longer an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical ...

Struggling to describe her son, Suzanne Kolen of Long Island, New York, uses a friend’s recent description: He’s the 13-year-old boy bouncing down the road in the rain looking very much like Winnie ...