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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is informative: It's more detailed that the DSM standard fare, and provides examples of what they consider to be abnormal socially:

https://depts.washington.edu/dbpeds/Screening%20Tools/DSM-5%28ASD.Guidelines%29Feb2013.pdf

Absence of interest in others
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Lack of interest in peers
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Withdrawn; aloof; in own world
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Limited interest in others;
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Unaware or oblivious to children or adults
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Limited interaction with others
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Prefers solitary activities[/quote]

Ah yes, selective quoting.  You forgot it starts with "ranging from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit different social contexts through difficulties in sharing imaginative play and in making friends to an apparent absence of interest in people" and then lists 3 or 4 dozen other things posters have been saying, with these as the examples of "absence of interest in people"[/quote]

OK so, what I am trying to say is that I question the whole notion of a disorder that can include both children who are very socially motivated, and children who have an absence of interest in people.  I was quoting those parts of the DSM 5 that include lack of interest in people, not arguing that the DSM 5 requires lack of interest. [b] My whole point is to question the DSM definition[/b].[/quote]

Well, that about says it all  :roll: [/quote]

Plenty of people have questioned the integrity of the DSM V process.  Try to do some research, please.  For example, NIMH wants to move entirely away from the diagnosis-based system for mental health research.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/side-effects/201305/the-nimh-withdraws-support-dsm-5[/quote]

So take it up with the people in charge of the DSM then instead of challenging parents of kids who got the diagnosis from their doctors.

Who are you anyway?  Are you a Ph.D. Psychologist, developmental pediatrician or a neuropsychologist?  Or some idiot who gets all their info from the Internet?[/quote]

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