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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, why do you think he is on the autistic spectrum? My DH sounds like yours but I think he is just an ahole spectrum.[/quote]

Because it's  trendy on DCUM and Jeff allows posters to engage in this form of disability slander.

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Interesting.  Going down the route of a. Recent ASD diagnosis and everything we are told and read says high functioning ASD isn't a disability, it's neurodiversity[/quote]

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!  First, it’s Autism Spectrum *Disorder.* you shouldn’t get a diagnosis unless you are actually impacted. Second, high functioning autism is NOT a medical term and obfuscates the disorder.  This is the problem with the neurodiversity crowd pushing out the people the diagnosis was originally meant to serve. It’s actually becoming quite grotesque. . Originally, even Asperger created the “Asperger” label because the nazis wanted to KILL children who fit under the label because they seemed “unfit” for communal life. Asperger pointed out that, sure, these kids have issues… but some are still capable of contributing to society. Now Even “Asperger’s” doesn’t look anything like level 1 autism and all these kids/adults with slight social deficits (most people on the planet) and slight rigidities (most people on the planet) are getting diagnoses and “speaking on behalf” of autistics. Barf. [/quote]

Ok but not all disorders are disabilities. SSA agrees with me. DH is Level 1 if you want to get medical.[/quote]
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Maybe start with the DSM?[/i] Yes, disability is generally a legal term and disorder a medical term, but *disorders* which require diagnoses are supposed to have clinically significant impacts on daily life. It’s not just a “different way of thinking.” From that perspective we are all on the spectrum of some disorder!  All sorts of people with all sorts of disorders that could be seen As “disabled” won’t be considered “disabled” by the SSA. [/quote]

Level 1 is from the DSM-5
Level 1 – Level 1 is the mildest level of ASD. Generally, children at this level have mild symptoms that don't significantly impact school experience or relationships with others. This is what most people previously referred to when they used the terms “Asperger's syndrome” or “high-functioning autism”[/quote]

So this isn’t quoted from the DSM- it’s quoted from a website summarizing the condition. And you forgot the part of the definition which says “REQUIRES *support*.” Without supports in place, there will be NOTICEABLE impairments.  Professional diagnostic guidelines include (for level 1) difficulty in maintaining back and forth conversation, rigidity that “hamper independence.”

So, lacking noticeable impairments (without support) in social communication AND rigidity that reduce independence, no one should be appropriating the disability/disorder of a group of people who already have it so hard and silencing the struggles they endure every day.  It also turns into this inane board’s discussion of “my husband is mean, he must be autistic.” Which is sickening because most autistic people are actually very sweet. [/quote]

I'm sorry you're going through this.  But don't deny that there are generations of folks who are probably level one and undiagnosed. Once my DH got therapy and meds,, it was a huge help and what allowed us to remain married. So it's definitely worth looking into[/quote]

I don’t deny that. I would consider medication and therapy combo to be the support the DSM is referring to for level 1. [/quote]

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