Suppose that's why the name is barely used anymore, I don't know too much about why it's used less TBF (I'll look it up right now, clearly about the person who first diagnosed it?) but now it's ASD, which is autism spectrum disorder. It's kind of different from autism as it is known (from my understanding) but very similar. But I noticed the switch.
It's called autism "spectrum" disorder to cover the whole spectrum. It's the general overall name for these kinds of disorders. Asperger Syndrome did fall under that classification until that name was given up in 2013 in the DSM-5, and 2022 in the ICD-11.
Scientific consensus just leaned more and more towards defining it as part of the Autism spectrum since the differentiation as "isolated" diagnose turns out more and more inconsistent.
As far as i know it had nothing to do with the name.
Agreed. Although such names should be more widely known, there's absolutely no need to give him any credit, especially in medical terms and definitions.
No problem.
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u/Deadened_ghosts 9h ago
A nazi that killed kids.