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Is aspergers a personality disorder?
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No: What was formerly called Asperger's is now included in the mild end of the spectrum of autism. It is not a personality disorder, rather a different way of being that is in the spectrum primarily because the social difficulties (social tone deafness) experienced is out of proportion to otherwise normal to very high intelligence.
Answered 12/22/2017
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No: Aspbergers is a disorder involving having difficulty reading social cues, occasional perseveration, rigidity, and anxiety, and has been subsumed in DSM-5 by autistic spectrum disorders.
Answered 10/25/2015
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