Article~I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly

[Guest guest]

I disagree. The criteria should be improved, not narrowed.

Mark:

How do YOU see the criteria being improved? What are your suggestions?

Just curious.

Best.

[Guest guest]

Appreciate your the word of encouragement, Helen.

I'm rather hoping this might elicit a comment from , since it was

basically his much-recognised " Asperger's Syndrome Characteristics " that

triggered my original thought on this topic.

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I like this, !

- Helen

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> Mark, ,

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> You know, to me, the definition of Aspergers is still far too

> vague and subjective.

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> As a techie/scientific type myself, I'd like to see it defined in more

> scientific measurable terms, and it seems to me that the " spectrum "

> concept of it could be used to do this much more exactly than it is at

> present.

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> " Spectrum " scientifically refers to colours and the different

> wavelengths of light that constitute those colours. Each colour has a

> specific wavelength, and it's possible to accurately represent any

> light we see as a bar chart with wavelengths on the X-axis and

> amplitudes on the Y-axis. Hope I'm not getting too technical! [grin]

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> Now for the purpose of analysing AS, we could equally represent all the

> different issues that identify Aspies, some of them good and some bad,

> across a bar chart's X-axis just like we do with light wavelengths.

> And we could represent the individual strength and weaknesses of those

> attributes as amplitudes on a Y-axis. Strengths positive and upwards,

> weaknesses negative and downwards.

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> What are the issues that single out Aspies? Well our own Meyer

> here has produced a very comprehensive list entitled " Asperger's

> Syndrome Characteristics " which as far as I can see would be eminently

> suitable. We would want to score candidates against each of 's

> listed characteristics, let's say on a scale of 1 to 10, to indicate

> how closely they conformed to that characteristic, and we'd need

> scoring guidelines to ensure everyone got assessed on the same standard.

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> This technique could then produce an individual personal bar chart for

> everyone that took the test, and that barchart would actually be quite

> an accurate indication of their personality and needs.

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> In summary, the point I'm trying to make is that you can't just score

> autism on an analogue scale; it's a multi-faceted condition where each

> facet has its own score and weighting.

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