more than one type of asperger's?

[Anonymous]

I was talking to a neighbor the other day, and they made the comment that their child had "Type 2 Aspergers." I had never heard of this before, and didn't want to seem ignorant, so I didn't ask what that was. I googled it, and cannot find anything about this. Can anyone here help me understand what she meant? I would like to be a supportive neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Aspergers was taken out of the latest DSM as a stand-alone diagnosis, but they probably meant the phenotype:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17440802

[Anonymous]

Aspergers was taken out of the latest DSM as a stand-alone diagnosis, but they probably meant the phenotype:

OP again. So the two types are "active, but odd" and "passive and aloof"? Which one would be considered Type 2? (My sense of Asperger's up until now was that it was characterized by lack of social interaction, low eye contact, trouble picking up on social cues, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Aspergers was taken out of the latest DSM as a stand-alone diagnosis, but they probably meant the phenotype:

OP again. So the two types are "active, but odd" and "passive and aloof"? Which one would be considered Type 2? (My sense of Asperger's up until now was that it was characterized by lack of social interaction, low eye contact, trouble picking up on social cues, etc.)

Well that's autism in general.

The article is describing the phenotype which is "measured" by a questionnaire (BAPQ):
http://musingsofanaspie.com/2013/01/15/the-broad-autism-phenotype-questionnaire/

Aspergers and autism are lumped together in the current DSM:
http://www.autismspeaks.org/dsm-5/faq#criteria

You'd have to ask your neighbor what type II is.

[Anonymous]

People on the BAP aren't autistic. They have autistic traits. This confusion is leading to the high autism numbers we have today.


This talks about 3 different types of Asperger's
http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2012/12/the-3-types-of-aspergers-children.html

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind these are not "official" separations, but signposts to help you. In reality, despite having accumulated a wealth of data about the autism spectrum, we're very much in the dark.