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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a split even among clinicians about how "functional" or not one has to be to have Asperger's.

Lorna Wing (the psychologist who translated Hans Asperger's work and first introduced "Asperger's" to the world), Tony Attwood, Simon Baron Cohen and Hans Asperger, himself, would be among those who would say you can be married and have a career while still having Asperger's.

In Hans Asperger's paper one of boys who lived in the institute grew up to become a professor of Astronomy.  It's been speculated by many that Hans Asperger showed many of the same traits as a child as the syndrome named after him.

So depends on who you want to believe to make yourself feel better.[/quote]

By that I mean people like OP who told his son that there are others like him who achieve great things even with a disability and others who feel the need to tell OP that people who achieve great things could not possibly have "X".  Not sure what is the purpose of this other than making someone feel bad about their child having a disability.

For every expert who says x, you can always find another who says y especially about the autism spectrum.

Imo, it basically comes down to parents who like to tell themselves "at least my kid isn't autistic" bc they can do x, y and z. [/quote]

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