I am surprised @Victoria33 hasn't weighed in on the claim of this swedes mental illness?
@The Ghost@Cyber LibertyThanks for the ping, Ghost,- maybe. I read the article.
In all my years of testing children, I only gave two children the label of Asperger's, and they were. I personally have a good friend in his 50s, who is the poster man for "Asperger's" and he knows it and we have discussed it for years.
What happened with labels, is written below. They tossed Asperger's Syndrome into a larger group and named that “Autism Spectrum Disorderâ€. Then, they began tossing many behaviors into that new group. Now, it is a mass of important sounding labels and they are popular to have.
Another one was "Manic-Depressive", which aptly described what that behavior was, and that label was changed to "Bipolar Disorder", and people wanted to have that label. Honestly, it was/and is, a poplar label to have,as in, "I'm Bi-Polar". Have you heard anyone boast, "I'm Bi-Polar"? Below is what happened to "Asperger's":
"Asperger's syndrome colloquially refers to a high-functioning form of autism. Although it was once formally classified as a disorder separate from other forms of autism, Asperger’s is no longer an official separate diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The behavior ascribed to Asperger’s is now encompassed under the umbrella diagnosis “Autism Spectrum Disorder†in the DSM."
I would not know this child's problem until I talked with her, got her history, including medical history, and then proceed to test her. I have not seen her behavior in action except for a short bit where she was giving a speech. That is too little behavior for me to make a statement.