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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read the DSM criteria - it requires pretty significant funcational impairments across settings.

[b]If someone in your family has ASD, you know it [/b]and it doesn't take long before anyone who interacts with them can tell something is different about them too.

TikTok autism (that so many seem to have now) is a whole different ballpark and isn't a clinical diagnosis.

Kids and adults have weaknesses, imperfections, vulnerabilities, unique characteristics, etc. That is part of being human. Those should not be psychopathologized. A diagnosis means you have substantial clinical symptoms that cause functional impairment across settings and that  you require support / intervention to function. [/quote]

Incorrect. It takes expertise to diagnose autism. The notion that it must be obvious to everyone is ridiculous and unsupported by research, not is it a criteria in the DSM.

There are many, many kids whose autism is not obvious but who clearly meet the criteria in the DSM. This is not "TikTok autism" - it's a diagnosis made by a medical professional.[/quote]

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