Asperger’s Syndrome (which is no longer considered a valid construct...)
I’m curious what replaced it, if anything. It certainly seems to describe a real cluster in personspace. Was it just promoted to an unfortunate but non-disordered personality trait?
The tragedy is that none of the super high IQ societies created thus far have been able to meet those needs, and the reason for this is simple. None of these groups is willing to acknowledge or come to terms with the fact that much of their membership belong to the psychological walking wounded.
I came across this same essay some years ago, though I think it was on a different site. The phrase “Psychological walking wounded” has stuck with me ever since. It’s just too poignantly accurate a description of my sociomental life to forget.
(it is interesting that this post shows up at a time when I’m trying to arrange psychological appointments to work on this and related issues...)
Basically, the two large sub-categories of autism are (1) when speech is impaired; and (2) when speech is not impaired.
Asperger’s is the old name for the unimpaired-speech version. Note that, generally speaking, impairment of speech is associated with delays in general mental development.
I’m curious what replaced it, if anything. It certainly seems to describe a real cluster in personspace. Was it just promoted to an unfortunate but non-disordered personality trait?
I came across this same essay some years ago, though I think it was on a different site. The phrase “Psychological walking wounded” has stuck with me ever since. It’s just too poignantly accurate a description of my sociomental life to forget.
(it is interesting that this post shows up at a time when I’m trying to arrange psychological appointments to work on this and related issues...)
Basically, the two large sub-categories of autism are (1) when speech is impaired; and (2) when speech is not impaired.
Asperger’s is the old name for the unimpaired-speech version. Note that, generally speaking, impairment of speech is associated with delays in general mental development.
I think you have (1) and (2) reversed. Also, verbal communication is impaired on all three levels.