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It is argued that a powerful lay and scientific culture has evolved around the concept of Asperger\u2019s disorder, which has found a particularly compelling voice over the last decade in the online Asperger community, with websites such as Wrong Planet recruiting tens of thousands of members. In order to assess the impact of these proposed changes on the online Asperger community, 19 threads on the topic of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) are analysed according to the arguments that community members put forward in favour of, or in opposition to, the proposals. Many members embrace the notion of the spectrum and have already coined a new identity \u2013 \u2018spectrumite\u2019 \u2013 to adapt to the diagnostic shift. Others, however, are suspicious of the motives behind the absorption of Asperger\u2019s disorder, and potential threats to the provision of services as well as the strong \u2018aspie\u2019 identity that reflects the large literature and the online public sphere around Asperger\u2019s disorder. 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