Elon Musk Says He Has Asperger's Syndrome—But Is Asperger's Still a Diagnosis? Here's What Experts Told Us
Health.com
5 days ago
Elon Musk made a surprising announcement while hosting
Saturday Night Live over the weekend: He has Asperger's syndrome.
Musk slipped his diagnosis into his opening speech, after pointing out that he doesn't have a lot of variation in his tone when he speaks. He then said that he's "the first person with Asperger's to host SNL" before joking that he's "at least the first to admit it."
Plenty of people pointed out on Twitter that Asperger's syndrome is an outdated diagnosis. "I always feel a little queasy about having to use 'Asperger' with some older/less informed healthcare providers when they are not up to date with the current terms," one person wrote. "I mean, if you just Google for 10 minutes, you get a good glimpse of all the baggage and problems of that word." Another simply wrote that, "Asperger's is no longer a diagnosis."