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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Btw masking does not mean a person with autism is trying to hide they have autism. It means they have adapted to society's expectations to a certain extent even though it is uncomfortable or not intuitive for them. They may not know they have autism. They may have simply realized people expect them to use eye contact, for example, because adults have told them to look at people when they talk to them. Adults tell this to young children all the time.[/quote] a person who can adapt to the point they do not appear autistic by definition has normal social-communication learning ability and is not autistic. [/quote] This takes decades to get to this point, fwiw, as well as high IQ and motivation. And deficits in perspective taking and shifting frames are still an issue. But I agree that these people are high functioning and need a different label. As do the high functioning children they were.[/quote]
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