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[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just like how it punches. But I acknowledge it's been used by horrible people in the past and I just don't wanna say it since it reminds me of Hans Asperger and American eugenics society every time I hear it

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that why we don't call it Asperger's anymore?

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, Hans Asperger was a nazi. His clinic is responsible for murdering hundereds of autistic children. Wikipedia

Also asperger's has been merged into the autism spectrum in DSM 5 due to it being nearly the same as autism but functional