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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the co-occurrence of mental health issues so interesting because I have family members who fall in different groups and that is indeed a huge difference: some are very affected developmentally but don't have the debilitating mental health issues that are characteristic of the first group. [/quote]

It kind of confuses me because I thought all autistic people had anxiety.[/quote]

Well—the person I’m thinking about does get very anxious when overwhelmed in a situation he doesn’t understand, but doesn’t have the kind of constant “anxiety” that seems disconnected from any obvious event that my family member in the first group has. That person is anxious most of the time, has OCD and depression too. [/quote]

Fair enough. I guess I'm curious which of the categories my DD falls into because she had selective mutism as a child, but since she was treated for that she doesn't have any mental health issues that would be considered "debilitating". However she does have an "unspecified anxiety" diagnosis that the psychologist explained as being over an above the anxiety that sort of "comes with" autism and definitely has perfectionist tendencies that for example impact her willingness to try things that are hard for her.

In the study cited in the OP, the first category (Social/behavioral) they describe is more impacted by the core features of autism than other children even though they are not developmentally delayed: "We identified one class that demonstrated high scores ([b]greater difficulties[/b]) across core autism categories of [b]social communication and restricted and/or repetitive behaviors compared to other autistic children[/b], as well as disruptive behavior, attention deficit and anxiety, but no reports of developmental delays; this class was named Social/behavioral (n = 1,976)." My DD is still young but I would not say she is more impacted than other autistic children. She is definitely impacted but can access the curriculum in a general ed classroom and follows classroom routines independently. So that suggests to me she is more in the "moderate" category but she does have the anxiety both currently and historically.[/quote]

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