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Yes,that is where the subjective parts kick in...it is all up to who does the assessment.The key difference strictly speaking in the ICD 10 and DSM 4 is there's no language delay in Asperger's and the person's IQ is at least 70 with some showing signs of giftedness. You can definitely have learning difficulties like dyslexia and dysgraphia and still have Asperger's.
Some professionals argue though that you can still have a language delay and get the diagnosis of Asperger's if the person say since caught up.
Since 2014 Asperger's became, essentially "mild autism" (something the community and plenty of psychiatrists don't agree with), which might add to the confusion why they're both around.
(something the community and plenty of psychiatrists don't agree with),
What are the areas of disagreement ? Be interested to know. I've just gone along with names and diagnoses, without question.
From what I've understood is that the programmes needed for support for people with autism, and in a sense "classical autism" don't really suit people with Asperger's. The difficulties they face are different. For Aspies one could consider social skills training more relevant for example, yet because of the standardisation specific programmes are disapppearing in favor for a single method. It's probably a financial matter for insurance companies most though.
I suppose giving Asperger's a section it's own is a stretch, but many think it's different enough to be a thing.
From what I understood, Asperger's and autism come from different researches to begin with but because of the overlap it's defined as a subtype between 1994 and 2014 (DSM IV).. which IMO should say something. Ditching the label Asperger's and changing the general diagnostics tool for autism doesn't make it less of an impairment. Similarly, there have been some reports about less people being diagnosed with autism in general, limiting access to those who need it. That's how awesome new diagnostics criteria have been thus far. I suspect Asperger's will return in 5 years or so when there's a revision of the DSM v, much like some things get corrected when the DSM IV was around.