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When Hans Asperger observed the autistic like symptoms and behaviors in boys through their social and communication skills, many professionals felt like Asperger's syndrome was just a less severe form of autism. Uta Frith was one of these professionals who had this opinion. She was a professor at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience of University College London, and was also an editor of Autism and Asperger Syndrome. She said that individuals with Asperger's had a "dash of autism". She was one of the first scientists who recognized autism and related disorders as the result of a condition of the brain instead of the outcome of detached parenting.

In 1994, Asperger's Syndrome was added to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). In the DSM-IV, it was considered to be a separate disorder from autism. Just like in the 1940's, there are still many professionals that believe that Asperger's is just a less severe form of autism. The DSM-V made a new, broad diagnosis in 2013. It was the autism spectrum disorder. In this category is what was once Autistic Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, and other developmental disorders that are related. There are different levels of severity now, rather than the different diagnoses. The levels are determined by the amount of support the individual requires. Due to the change, individuals who were previously diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome most likely were re-diagnosed within the umbrella of the autism spectrum disorder because of the DSM changes and revisions.