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[quote=Anonymous]I see a post on here literally every day where people are trying to work out what the f autism is. In these posts I see every single human trait used as autism dx evidence - from requiring time to decompress to emotion regulation challenges to having an overly vivid imagination to excessive interest in YouTube - I could go on. I see posts and TikToks all based on the premise that you can seem completely nt and still have asd. I see posts that claim all teachers, therapists and even siblings can fail to perceive autism. I’m NOT saying these individuals are not autistic - but as the mother of a kid who sits in a lot of gray areas and appears nt, the lack of clarity from the dsm - that leaves all of us completely perplexed. If autism can be so subtle that it does not require such impairment that it is evident at least to trained individuals and family that something is markedly awry then fine - great! But let’s make that clear across the board and shout it from the rooftops bc in that case a whole lot of ppl I know have it and we need to completely reframe the narrative. [/quote]

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