Morning, how's your day going so far?

Hi @Ada - I do hope I haven't inadvertently caused you distress. I've maintained an interest in Asperger's as my son met a neuropsychiatrist when he was 19/20. He was tested against results from his peers, which were other Uni students. He excelled in most tests, but not all. Altho this Dr said he wouldn't diagnose our son, he explained that, looking at here is 'normal,' then autism as a spectrum, my son was 'next door' to Asperger's. My son says this was the best Dr he'd ever met, who totally 'got' him.

Now I don't consider my son to necessarily have problems; he just sees things differently, & I would also consider him very intelligent. It gives him strengths, rather than weaknesses! Unfortunately my now ex-husband only recently apologised to me for not believing in this neuropsychiatrist's reports many years ago; he too was embarrased; why?

After reading about Hans Asperger's links to the Nazi's euthanasia programme, I suggested to Scope that they change the category name of 'Autism & Asperger's.' This they have done, but my explanation in no way undermines your diagnosis; as an aside, my own disorder has been re-named 3 times in the past 20+ years.

I worked after qualifying as a physio in the then regional spinal injuries unit, before working with children with cerebral palsy, which was what I wanted to do. This was in a large (1100+ patients mental health hospital), so I do have some knowledge about this. Yes, many children with cerebral palsy (& young adults) were in a mental health hospital! I'll never forget the little boy who'd been battered by his Dad, & was subsequently blind, & nearly completely deaf, nor the lovely lady who used to read me her poems as I went into work, who had been unfortunately institutionalised. Please know I also have some understanding of mental health hospitals, having become the Superintendent Physio of one.

Nothing I said was meant to cause offence; there is no problem in continuing to say you have Asperger's, but some may now consider the name offensive due to Hans Asperger's historical background. I'm just going off what the National Autistic Society say: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism/asperger-syndrome