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[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]

I agree with you, and I hope research helps answer some of these questions. I have a brother who is old-school autistic--intellectual disability, stimming behavior, etc. He is obviously disabled to anyone who meets him and can not live on his own. My nephew also has an autism diagnosis (along with ADHD), he has always been mainstreamed (didn't get the autism diagnosis until MS). They could not be more different and especially to older people like my mom, it is hard to wrap your head around their similar diagnosis, and you wonder if it is even useful to have such a broad spectrum.

My other nephew has ADHD, Anxiety, and ODD and when young, was way more difficult to manage at school and home than his brother, but, is improving on all fronts through therapy, medication, and A LOT of hard parenting work by my SIL and brother. As they get older (they are high schoolers), my nephew with the autism diagnosis seems to be the one "falling behind" due to rigidity and social deficits, while his brother (who my SIL thought would never be able to manage on his own) is really blooming in HS. She thinks getting his extreme anxiety under control (along with maturity) has been the key. Watching the two of them mature, I do see the autistic piece in my nephew and how that is likely a correct diagnosis that may have lifelong impacts that can not be medicated away.[/quote]

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