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Reply to "Washington Post on identification of distinct autism subtypes"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am seeing the Facebook memes about girls with autism, and I ticked all the boxes when I was younger. But I am not autistic. It's ludicrous to say I am. If you are a functional adult, you aren’t either. The DSM specifically says that the condition must impact daily living. The categories are a mess and written in a way that people are DXed with ASD when they actually have a genetic condition like Downs or Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Maybe these categories will prove fruitful down the road but there is still a lot of work to do. [Quote] Is this true? Because I have a cousin diagnosed asd and he is able to hold a job, socialize, take care of a home and so on. Yet you'd know he was asd upon meeting him (no eye contact, facial tics, talks about his own interests and doesn't make conversation well.) In the past he'd just be an oddball. If his daily living isn't impacted is he normal?[/quote]
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