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'''Asperger's Syndrome''' is an Autism Spectrum "Disorder" (ASD) that can contribute to | '''Asperger's Syndrome''' is an Autism Spectrum "Disorder" (ASD) that can contribute to someone's [[inceldom]]. The diagnosis was previously distinct from ASD in the United States but was subsumed into the broader diagnosis of ASD in the DSM-5 manual released by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 2013.<ref>https://iancommunity.org/cs/simons_simplex_community/dsm5_and_asd</ref> It is still recognized in the ICD-11 maintained by the World Health Organization as a subset of autism.<ref>https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/120443468</ref> | ||
The diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome is/was dependent on the subject meeting the criteria for a certain level of autistic symptoms such as social deficits and obsessive interests while having an [[IQ]] in the normal range or higher and not experiencing any developmental delay in language acquisition. | The diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome is/was dependent on the subject meeting the criteria for a certain level of autistic symptoms such as social deficits and obsessive interests while having an [[IQ]] in the normal range or higher and not experiencing any developmental delay in language acquisition. | ||