Szatmari suggests that AS was promoted as a diagnosis to spark more research into the syndrome: "It was introduced into the official classification systems in 1994 and has grown in popularity as a diagnosis, even though its validity has not been clearly established.
Peter Szatmari menar att termen Aspergers syndrom lanserades som diagnos för att gynna mer forskning om syndromet: "Det infördes i de officiella klassificeringssystemen 1994 och har blivit en alltmer populär diagnos, trots att det inte tydligt visats att diagnosen har något värde.