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[quote=Anonymous]I think some people may be misunderstanding social motivation.  My kid has social motivation in that she wants to be around her peers, involved, but she has zero understanding of how to execute that - and this extends into sharing her interests with others appropriately and recognizing that others have interests they might want to share.  She could care less about someone else's interests, but is happy to regal them with hers.  It's the lack of reciprocity - the give and take of social interaction.  She can also engage in rather scripted conversation, but it's clear there's something missing there - like these are taught responses, not I actually care/am participating in this conversation.  Look at something like the Social Response Scale, which is keyed to pick up on social impairment characteristic of ASD.  She scores quite high (as in normal range) in social motivation, but no where in social awareness, cognition, etc - these are separate components, and the social impairment of ASD can come from deficits in any combo of them.  The DSM (5 or the old 4 for autism) doesn't require a lack of interest in others.  [/quote]

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