It has been almost one year since the release of DSM-5 where Asperger’s syndrome is no longer listed as a disorder. However, the discussion on whether Asperger’s syndrome can be considered a disorder is still ongoing. This change in the autism spectrum disorder diagnostic criteria has had an impact on several people affected by the disorder and in their families and friends. Their identification to a specific disorder suddenly disappeared. There even are several Asperger’s and “aspies” communities, forums and associations created to support people affected by that disorder.
The question is then if Asperger’s syndrome does really exist or not. On an article published in 2001 (a while before the change on autism’s new diagnostic criteria) the authors reviewed the history of Asperger’s syndrome evolution and origin and conducted a study in order to investigate the validity of Asperger’s disorder as defined by the DSM-IV. The conclusion of the study was that on a sample of 157 children with a diagnostic of Asperger’s disorder, all met the criteria for autistic disorder but none met the criteria for Asperger’s disorder (even those with average intelligence and normal speech onset). The reason for this was that all had a communication impairment (which was not present on Asperger’s syndrome criteria). The authors finally concluded that Asperger’s disorder, at least as it was defined in DSM-IV, is unlikely or even impossible.
Andreia on Autism 
I agree: Asperger’s is a personality type that coincides in significant characteristics of the INTJ in the Meyer’s Briggs personality profile. I think that many Asperger’s are predominantly concrete visual thinkers, a type that is rare and therefore a target for Neurotypical fear and attack. My blog: http://aspiemanifesto.blogspot.com critiques the assumptions made by the Psychology-Autism industry, which have no basis in science or fact. I provide links to articles by professionals who also disagree with traditional ideas about Asperger’s.