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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think any medical provider is going to say that if a someone is still alive without being provided services, that this means they cannot have had autism.

"Needs services" is not a matter of survival. It means that the individual qualifies for services, whether they were provided or not. You can perhaps survive without them, but you should be offered them.[/quote]

The criteria for Level 1 says needs support to function, not services.[/quote]

You do realize you are quoting a "healthline" article, not the specific clinical guidelines reference, right? It is written in lay language to explain things, and what you are quoting is not in the DSM. It's someone else's opinion.

Would it be helpful to link for you the actual clinical guidelines used by professionals?[/quote]

Feel free! It is also in there.[/quote]
Actually, there is no such thing there.  They provide a few examples and end with "While the levels categorize people with autism by how much support they need, there aren’t any guidelines for what that support should look like."

For Level 1, they say, "People with level 1 autism often maintain a high quality of life with little support," then mention behavioral therapy as one possibility.  [/quote]

Right there in table 1.[/quote]

What reference for the actual DSM-V diagnostic criteria for ASD are you using? Please link.

(Not the Healthline article, but the specific DSM itself.)[/quote]

I can't link right now, but if you search for Pearson version you will see the included table from the DSM 5.

The actual DSM has additional language not often included in the online versions available to the public.

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