Category talk:People with Asperger syndrome

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This category was nominated for deletion on 31 January 2016. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Removing an entry

Will remove Nicky Reilly from this list; the Wikipedia article on Nicky Reilly, to which this list's Reilly entry links, does not include the word Asperger's, much less a documented mention of Reilly having Asperger's. (I have no idea one way or the other whether there is any such documentation anywhere on the face of the earth. )Publius3 (talk) 20:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...turns out this page cannot be edited directly. Will see if there is some other effective way to correct this page's display. Publius3 (talk) 20:42, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have to go to the article and remove the category tag. The categories are usually listed at the end of the article. --RL0919 (talk) 01:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Turns out the category tag was not immediately to be found, because Nicky Reilly redirects to Exeter Bombing and the category tag is on a somewhat hidden page that someone eventually pointed me toward. Thanks to everyone! Publius3 (talk) 08:45, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

The list of Aspergers-speculated has been fulled of terrible criminals. I believe none of them has formal diagnosis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.172.82.169 (talk) 12:52, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed those entries where the AS claim originates with something that is plainly not a diagnosis by an examining expert (e.g. a psychologist's testimony that a defendant kinda, sorta, exhibits some symptoms). 50.185.134.48 (talk) 02:49, 9 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Add Tyler Long and Alex Libby

The 2011 documentary film, Bully, included “the story of Tyler Long and how he died. Tyler’s father speaks to us about his son’s social issues and how he knew early on that Tyler might become a victim of bullying.” Tyler’s “social issues” were, in fact, Asperger’s Syndrome as reported on Oct. 15, 2010, by ABC News. As well, the film’s story of Alex Libby was updated in 2012 to include source information about his own Asperger’s Syndrome as described by the film’s director, Lee Hirsch, by Livefyre Inc. I believe that Tyler Long’s and Alex Libby’s names should be included in the WP Category:People with Asperger syndrome.

Add Daniel Lightwing

The 2007 dramatic film, Beautiful Young Minds, was "based on [...] Daniel Lightwing." Lightwing’s diagnosis with Asperger’s Syndrome has been reported by several credible news sources. Despite a failed attempt to create a stand-alone WP AfC for Lightwing, I believe that his name should be included in the WP Category:People with Asperger syndrome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6008:3B:649E:4464:7480:8F20 (talk) 12:49, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Combining inaccurate categorization

The WP category "Category:People with Asperger syndrome" shouldn't be categorized within the WP category "Category:People on the autism spectrum" because, among other reasons, while the diagnoses have been combined within the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for the United States, they haven't yet been combined within the pending ICD-11 diagnostic criteria for other nations, and stand a chance of never being combined; we simply don't know yet. Furthermore, even within the United States, diagnosticians may use the ICD-10 to determine a specific diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome. And, finally, regardless of updated diagnostic criteria, many WP subjects were diagnosed years ago under the Asperger Syndrome diagnostic criteria not Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnostic criteria. In other words, it is inaccurate to change the facts of a whole group of WP subjects simply because the criteria are changing. A WP subject who was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome remains diagnosed as such for life unless the subject specifically pursues an updated diagnosis. A couple years ago, WP administrators and editors knew this and decided to retain two, separate, WP categories ("Category:People with Asperger syndrome" and "Category:People on the autism spectrum") for valid reasons. Each category, therefore, should be respected for its own unique inclusions.2001:558:6008:3B:82C:C6AA:3835:4D74 (talk) 13:33, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]