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[quote=Anonymous]How old is your child, OP? When my child was first diagnosed with "high functioning autism" when he was 5, I felt the same as you. I didn't feel comfortable lumping my highly verbal, academically capable child with the picture of autism I had in my head. Now that my child is older, I can see that he is, indeed autistic. His social communication deficits and his desire to engage in repetitive activities are more obviously restrictive. Yes, he's still very verbal and (sometimes) academically capable, but I can see how it's a difference in degree, not a different thing, from people who are classically autistic.[/quote]
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