Asperger's diagnosis change in DSM-V

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There seems to be a lot of different mind sets on this issue I was wondering

what everyone thought of the fact that soon the term: Asperger's will no longer

exist and Aspies will be known to have Autism Spectrum Disorder. It has been

suggested that it is to help those people who actually have Asperger's and to

stop the trend of Asperger's being the latest designer diagnosis - it's amazing

to me how many parents seem to want to have their child diagnosed even when they

don't meet the criteria. Apparently the glamourous or 'romantic' views of

Asperger's on TV, saying that famous people through history had it, etc. has

made it popular. I love my son desperately, but wanting your child to have a

disorder is weird. Any imput into the name change? Just curious.