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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with the asd masking discourse is the poor definition to begin with of asd. 
Many many ppl are unusual or struggle with intuition or social rules. It is the basis for all 80s tween television and much of 90s tween television and movies. 
When does that become ‘autism’. If you are trying to ‘fit in’ at school and yet are clearly not a ‘typical’ kid - does that equal autism? If trying to be ‘like other kids’ makes you exhausted and cranky when you get home - is that it? 
We don’t have good answers yet and I am undecided personally if the expansion of the criteria into a lot of ‘normal’ gray areas is good or bad. [/quote]
There are specific criteria to qualify for an autism diagnosis. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html[/quote]

NP.   I have two kids with diagnoses of autism, one meets all the criteria and is a classic Aspire.  He's good-natured and willing to go with the flow, even when he doesn't understand exactly what or why.  The other has severe ADHD and anxiety also and I sort of think the psychologist fudged with meeting the criteria for autism, and in day-to-day life the ADHD and anxiety are much more significant, for him and the impact on others.[/quote]

^ classic Aspie (autocorrect error)[/quote]

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