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Originally Posted by divine1966
You aren’t wrong. Diagnosis of Aspergers was used to describe high functioning ASD. In the US it’s not used as a diagnosis anymore since 2013. If you hear someone has Aspergers, what people mean is that someone is on high end of Autism spectrum (mild ASD). People still say “Aspergers” casually, it’s just not a proper diagnosis anymore
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There's also a difference between Asperger's and High Functioning Autism. You can have HF and not Asperger's. As you've mentioned, it's now called ASD, undefined.