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Re:Mother's blood test predicts a sub-type of autism by TeaDrunk on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @07:33PM (#25922770)
> The diagnosis of these conditions are psychiatric, not neurological

Oh, I'm pretty new to this myself, but my understanding was that autism was considered a neurological disorder, not a psychiatric one. [1]

"Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of complex neurodevelopment disorders..."

1. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Educat...

Re:Mother's blood test predicts a sub-type of autism by throw998 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @09:51PM (#25923686)
So why is the diagnosis made by psychologists and psychiatrists, and not neurologists?