NYT Column: I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly.

[Enrique]

3. his mis-diagnosis doesn't seem to have hurt him

it might even have helped him.

It is an interesting read, and kudos to him for writing it, but it has an element of advocating for the end of a benefit after one has already received the benefit.

Of course the question is whether it's a benefit to be diagnosed, but that leads me to my first question, what downsides did he suffer from his diagnosis?

Finally, isn't it a little questionable for his mother to be diagnosing him and using him in her work?