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The question if diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder should change a little to be more accurate

velociraptor said:
I was diagnosed with high-functioning Asperger's and I was perfectly happy with that. I do not like the new ASD1 label and the people who hung that on me are welcome to take it back and cram it sideways into the most uncomfortable place possible.
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I concur. With the old DSM my diagnosis its also high function aspergers. I have lived a relatively "normal" life thus far. But with the new DSM I fall in ASD2 because of certain ticks, stims, anxieties and so forth. Though most people have the misconception that someone who has ASD2 has a limiting functions. (My CAT-Q score is also well above average especially for a female making it nearly impossible to tell I am autistic at first "take" in person)
With the new DSMs terminologies there is a different stigma.
 
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