It all made sense when we found out we were autistic

Re:It all made sense when we found out we were autistic by mercer on Monday March 26, 2018 @12:48PM (#16680286)

At least over here, one of the requirements for diagnosis is that it impacts your life negatively enough to benefit from being labeled and receiving treatment. What makes you think this is not the case?

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Re:It all made sense when we found out we were autistic by gowld on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:59PM (#16693606)

My point is that the individual symptoms -- such behavioral rigidity and slow processing of sensory inputs -- can be treated appropriately (accommodations and therapy) without regard for whether they are "autism". It's not like "arm pain" -> "x-ray shows broken bone" -> "put a cast on it"

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Re:It all made sense when we found out we were autistic by psyc on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:10PM (#16681061)

There are disorders besides ASD, that share or overlap in some of the traits, and also cause distress.

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