this part is good idea

Asperger’s is a primarily social deficit, but can be packaged with OCD, generalized anxiety disorders, and potentially many of the savant like characteristics of the “true” autistic syndrome. While the mechanism may be the same; those with Asperger’s, once their other issues are managed, can be trained to interact with relative normality… we’re just a little odd.

Psychology/psychiatry is really a hobby science anyway – since they don’t have the same ability to perform experiments with concrete, affirmative, and nullifiable results the best they have are conjectures which may be a “best fit” model.

Considering they prescribe psychoactive medications without actually knowing what specific neuro-chemistry they are affecting in a given patient it is really more of an art than anything.

Let them categorize these things as they wish; a truly competent and skilled practitioner isn’t likely to be going strictly by the book in any case.

Although what you have written maybe perfectly true, one must keep in mind that it is just as true of many psychiatric conditions and some physical diseases. Furthermore, it is nothing new. Malingerers will always chose whatever illness or condition is most convenient for them and will get them the most sympathy, so can we quit picking on autistic people? We’ve been picked on enough. Thanks.