Simon Baron-Cohen, a world authority on Asperger's and the father of Borat, had a column in the Times this week on the decision to remove the diagnosis from the next edition of the APA manual. Cohen argues for caution. He says that psychiatry has not been able to achieve the certainty and precision of other sciences, and there's too much we don't know to rush into a hasty decision that could have serious affects on individuals.

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