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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing I found really helpful here is the idea that in the last “category”, individual’s ASD can activate later.

I have always wondered if I failed our DD by not identifying her ASD early, which seems to be consistent communicated as so critical that you start intervention. But the reality is that when I look back on her early years there were things that were never issues (eg sustained eye contact) that became issues as she got older.[/quote]

Agreed — I found it interesting that that group by and large hit their early developmental milestones without delay… definitely speaks to this being a much more complicated disorder than people realize, particularly for girls [/quote]

Agree with this. I have been thinking about getting my 8 yr old DD tested but wavering because in many ways she's on track and I don't want to pathologize her "quirkiness." But I worry I could be depriving her of important self knowledge. Having this kind of categorization makes it feel more approachable to me, a way for her to better understand how her brain works instead of a binary choice between autistic and neurotypical. I know the old system also has levels, but they are so vague as to essentially be meaningless. I could see this being more helpful to those diagnosed.[/quote]

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