Asperger’s, Asperger’s syndrome
For general purposes, use autism and autistic instead of Asperger’s.
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network recommends not referring to Asperger’s at all due to the history of the disorder’s namesake. The disorder was brought into the diagnostic umbrella of Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2013 and is now referred to as such.
Only use Asperger’s syndrome if referring to historical references of the diagnosis with clarifying language that is now understood to be part of the diagnosis of ASD.
See autism, autistic.
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