Purgin' "Aspergian"

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I used to declare I had Asperger’s syndrome.
That’s no longer clinically done.
It isn’t distinguished from autism spectrum
Disorder; the two things are one.

At first, I resisted the change, as “autistic”
More often applied to extremes.
Some “mildly” autistic behavior was stuff
That I’d never do even in dreams.

The pediatrician Hans Asperger lost
Popularity several years back,
In light of a claim that I won’t spell out here,
But it seems an untruthful attack.

Regardless, I’ve come to accept DSM
Terminology lately in use.
It’s not like I always tell people I have
ASD for a lazy excuse.