I have it. And it is not a disorder, it is a syndrome.

A syndrome is defined as a set of symptoms only, not an underlying medical condition.


Disorder: A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning.

Unfortunately normal is considered neurotypical. :(

but I know what you mean, its definitely not an illness. In fact, if Aspergian was the majority maybe there would not be so many damn disruptors. Im glad that autistic related disorders like AS are rising. Its happening for a reason, its not just being diagnosed more often. Humans are not done evolving mentally yet. but that doesn't mean that Aspies are better, it just means that they are being tested out to see if they are better. I hope it continues to rise though.

Its occurred to me that Aspergians probably contributed a very large amount of progress in our science and arts. Aspergians tend to narrow their focus thereby progressing, while Nerotypicals are shallow but wide thinkers thereby expanding on the progress made by others. One way to think about it is that Asperigans are pioneers. This explains their small numbers, only a few pioneers are needed.