# 'Agricultural specialisterne': rural employment revolution for those with Autism **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [June 5, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615 "2011-06-05T05:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 76
**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615/76 "2012-02-08T17:43:01Z")
Further to my above post, DSM V proposes to create one category of Autism Spectrum Disorder, thereby removing Asperger’s Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) from the DSM. \*DSM V is the planned fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, due to be published in May 2013. This has upset some ‘Aspies’ - these people with Asperger’s Syndrome will now likely fall into the grouping of ‘mild’ Autism… > [@](#): > > …According to an NPR article, many people with Asperger’s Syndrome are in fact proud of their diagnosis. The article goes on to state that Aspies enjoy the fact that they share common traits with notable historic figures who may have had Asperger’s Syndrome… (source: [DSM-V: Asperger’s Syndrome to Be Eliminated; Some Aspies Upset - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com](http://voices.yahoo.com/dsm-v-aspergers-syndrome-eliminated-some-aspies-5463529.html)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615)._