Asperger's Cured!

[Mangrove]

That's right, there's no more Asperger's Syndrome. It was cured through diagnostic redefinition.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100211/ap_on_he_me/us_med_asperger_s_diagnosis_2

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Another fabulous example of the peculiarly Western pathology of identifying oneself as one's disorder.

[Richter]

How about they re - define "Education" as soemthign other than cookie cutter presentation and massive class sizes brought on by budget cuts, shoddy logic, and detatchment from individual development?

I want to kneecap these assholes with a pipe wrench.  How many of the preachy fuckers interact daily in class time of play time with kids with the diagnoses they are tweaking?

[Cain]

Gambling Addiction is the new assburgers

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/10/updates-to-bible-of-psychiatry-aspergers-out-gambling-addiction-in/

[Requia ☣]

How the fuck is this actually a change?  Assburgers was always autism spectrum.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Me and My Label (with apologies to Frank and Sammy)

Like the Democrats stick to the Left
And the Right claims the G.O.P.
Like we'll never get rid of Rev. Uncle BadTouch   
Ha! you'll never get rid of me!

Let all the Doctors fight and fuss
whatever happens, I've got us.

Me and my Label
     We're closer than people who say they're my friends
        We're closer than credits when the final scene ends
The DSMmm says you're True
     How they define you, my whole life depends.
        So call me an Aspie, cause Autistic ain't classy.
Me and my Label
     We're closer than Cheney when shooting your face,
        We're closer than kids at Mike Jackson's place,
Not a Doctor can say that its not true,
An Aspie is all I do.

And when I'm on the net
That when we're best!
We're side by side
If there's a mess
You know its time
what a surprise
tthey don't - understand!
I'm disabled!

Me and my label
     And now to repeat what I say all the time,
        They can never have you, you're how I define,
everything I say and do!

Before we get finished, we'll yell out some more
You can't redefine me, even if you did once before
I am an ASPIE! Let the world hear me Roar!
My life is all defined by you,
(because I'm a smartie)
It's my label and me!

[tyrannosaurus vex]

Hypersexual Disorder is now its own diagnosis, too!

I wonder if this translates to free money from the government for me.

[Kai]

All the labels changed except the ones that needed to be deleted.

[Suu]

This will piss off people I know. No more getting away with doing nothing because you claim to have Assburgers.

[BabylonHoruv]

This will piss off people I know. No more getting away with doing nothing because you claim to have Assburgers.

Actually it means they now are Autistic.  And Autistics do way less than Aspies.

[Suu]

This will piss off people I know. No more getting away with doing nothing because you claim to have Assburgers.

Actually it means they now are Autistic.  And Autistics do way less than Aspies.

(I couldn't read the article at work, so I just assumed maybe it was wiped off the manual when I read the posts.)

Oh good, now they may be able to get that Disability they've been trying to get for months because he's too lazy to go out and find a job. He thinks the book he's writing about his life will be the jackpot to support him, his wife, who is about 15 years younger than him, and their 1 year old son, because his wife won't let him get a job that is 'low-class' like fast food. Sorry dude, Aspie or not, you're the one that thought it would be okay to knock up your 23 year old unemployed college student wife. I'd work at two different McDonald's if I had to, so stop bitching that you can't go on Disability because of your fucking Assburgers. Because another guy that Richter and I know, with more severe Asperger's than the former, has his college degree and works without asking for governmental aid!

This isn't going to help it at all. It's only going to make it worse.