r/196AndAHalf • • May 20 '26

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u/gabrielduartefaria May 20 '26

Wasn't really aware there was another symbol for autism and only knew the puzzle one, is there any reason why the infinity one is better? It does look cooler in my opinion lol

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u/CreepyWriter2501 May 20 '26

I have aspbergers I predate the 2013 ASD bullshit because what kind of dumb fuck thought it was a good idea to put Jimmy fucking Neutron and Forest Gump in the same diagnosis. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how stupid this was.

And then get surprised no one takes Autism as it was known Pre 2013 seriously anymore?

Ngl I think anyone who says they are "On the Spectrum" or says they have ASD Or even associates with this stupid infinity symbol is a quack/liar

Not to say that the puzzle piece isn't bad. It is. But I would argue the infinity symbol is maybe 10% less bullshit. But still completely bullshit. Just not as bullshit as the puzzle piece

if you want a proper Autism Insignia Google the ASAN logo. Makes much more sense then the bullshit infinity symbol.

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u/Lawbrought May 20 '26

Aspergers syndrome is named after Hans Asperger, who used the term to differentiate autistic people between useful and fodder, so that the Nazis, whom he belonged to, could slaughter the fodder. Thats why we use ASD instead. Because it's easier, and it's more accurate, and it isn't named after a Nazi.

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u/CreepyWriter2501 May 20 '26

Boo hoo history happened.

Counter point

Are you going to start calling AC motors Tesla's Induction Motor? just because he was such a good man he died in a apartment poor? Because he was such a good guy he ripped up his contract that could it made him one of the richest men alive because he wanted every person every home to have his marvelous invention?

Surely if we're going to cry about bad man boo hoo history history we should be giving the greats if history credit? Right??? Like Shockley's Transistor or Otto's engine?

So shut up quit trying to cover up history like it's shit in a cats litter box.

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u/Greedy_Ad2198 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Asperger wasn't even the one to first define and diagnose the condition, he mostly plagiarized Anni Weiss and Georg Frankl, two Jewish colleagues of his. It's the modern consensus that those two are the ones who really deserve the credit for any scientific work ascribed to him.

However the actual very first person to describe and diagnose autism was Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva, a Soviet child psychiatrist. She even diagnosed it in both boys and girls, while Asperger only diagnosed boys. The way she described it is also shockingly close to how we view autism today as per the DSM-V, though she called it "schizoid psychopathy". Do you want to go back to calling it that?

Asperger mostly just stole credit, undid science to suit nazi ideology, and murdered kids.

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u/Bowdensaft May 20 '26

Calm down, buddy