Asperger is no longer considered an actual condition by the APA.
Sadly in the UK it&#x27;s running out of control, it&#x27;s also now part of the new benefit package new PIP (DLA replacement) for working adults.
The UK now has the 2nd highest autism rate in the world with over 1% of the population being diagnosed (not by doctors, nor by NHS but by &quot;speech and developmental professionals&quot; working for private institutions) with autism the vast majority in the recent 5 years Adult Asperger Syndrome. 
Japan also has very skewed numbers with nearly 2% of the population diagnosed with some form of autism, in late allot of the Japanese specific psychiatric&#x2F;psychological conditions like Hikikomori are also being associated with autism.