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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what we need to do is reorganize society so that those of us who aren't NT can function. Why is school set up the way it is? Why are most jobs? It's just an awful way to live. Some of us would be the mostly valuable, high-functioning people in a more traditional society and not one based around computers. [/quote]

+1 until my 8 year old starting wishing he was dead, I didn’t believe in pathologizing either. I still don’t. But it’s the ASD diagnosis that gives access to the therapy.

What’s the alternative? [/quote]

Maybe not putting it all under the same umbrella? There are different problems, more nuanced categories can be made to describe those categories, and more tailored therapies for those problems. Lots of children have suicidal ideation without being autistic. The pertinent question is… are they suicidal *because* they are autistic and not receiving supports. Thinking of these issues clearly, and not emotionally, is better for everyone in the long run. 
 
Currently, official guidelines for severity classification of asd level states that asd level one should require *daily* support to function. There are plenty of people who can *seem* fairly typical at first, who still need *daily support* to function. It also should be noted that in the debate to put Asperger’s, Pdd is, asd under the same category, they cited research that said critical factors related to adult functioning (employment, marriage, independent living, criminality) had surprisingly  similar statistics across the three subtypes, AND the three subtypes shared the two core difficulties. And those statistics were poor, even for Asperger’s. It certainly wasn’t meant to include everyone who needs intensive therapy for one reason or another. [/quote]

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