So much snow!
Feb. 10th, 2010 10:00 amEveryone is calling it Snowmageddon-- a total of some three feet of snow since Friday, in an city with only one snow plow. We've have reports of friends trapped or displaced without heat and electricity, the metro is stopped, the government (which means everything except for Thai food) is closed. Cars can't drive (though many try), so people have taken over the streets. But we're safe, and from our window, Snowmageddon is absolutely beautiful.
What do you all think of the DSM-V? And in particular, the proposal to classify all MIT students as having "Autism Spectrum Disorder"?
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What do you all think of the DSM-V? And in particular, the proposal to classify all MIT students as having "Autism Spectrum Disorder"?
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Date: 2010-02-10 07:53 pm (UTC)http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/opinion/10grinker.html?ref=opinion
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Date: 2010-02-10 08:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-11 11:22 pm (UTC)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100211/ap_on_he_me/us_med_asperger_s_diagnosis;_ylt=AiBKHKegt1QufQfZG.RKSWis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJvb3B2bWprBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjExL3VzX21lZF9hc3Blcmdlcl9zX2RpYWdub3NpcwRwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNwcm9wb3NlZGF1dGk-
Apparently there are a bunch of people with AS that are upset about this. Personally (as indicated in other stuff I've written) I tend to feel that we should be going with the 'technical standpoint' in writing a diagnostic manual and not worry so much about a 'social fallout'.