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A friend and I just completed a thesis on why we think Asperger's syndrome (AS), social anxiety (SA), and other social-behavioral disorders are curable. I feel this is important because modern psychology makes the mistaken claim that AS is incurable. Psychology is an incredibly young 160 years old, and as expected from such a young science, the many competing/conflicting schools of thoughts tell us how immature the field still is. Of course, that's not to dismiss the incredible contributions from psychology. However, it would be naive to assume that the sciences do not make mistakes. It's precisely the rigor of critics that self-regulate the sciences. Let's help further the development of psychology by identifying some of the fatally flawed philosophical premises that modern psychology has shifted towards:
I've made the thesis an image so it can't be Googled for privacy reasons.
For the record, I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, but I think I've cured most of it. My biggest remaining issue is social anxiety.
I also think "Asperger's syndrome" is not a meaningful label because it's diagnosed by mixing and matching an à la carte menu of traits. That's why one aspie can be so radically different from another, and why questions like "How do aspies think?" and "Why do aspies do XYZ behavior?" are silly over-generalizations. The traits are real, and the removal of Asperger's syndrome from the new DSM-V is a move in the right direction.
I've made the thesis an image so it can't be Googled for privacy reasons.
For the record, I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, but I think I've cured most of it. My biggest remaining issue is social anxiety.
I also think "Asperger's syndrome" is not a meaningful label because it's diagnosed by mixing and matching an à la carte menu of traits. That's why one aspie can be so radically different from another, and why questions like "How do aspies think?" and "Why do aspies do XYZ behavior?" are silly over-generalizations. The traits are real, and the removal of Asperger's syndrome from the new DSM-V is a move in the right direction.
