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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yeah, that ASD spectrum thing is BS. Always was.
Also, the ADHD+Dyslexia+high IQ is different from just one of the three.
Come to think of it, so is ADHD with a profoundly high IQ.

You know this is done by a committee right? Stupidest way ever to do it too. Really old white men mostly with a few younger (50s) ppl to round it out. I ran the Autism committee (as a staffer) for this last round when they did the spectrum and the disfunction among these ppl was intense. They should not have been allowed to name a child much less a group of disabilities.[/quote]

Honestly I wish you’d talk to the New York Times or wapo.
The asd is a spectrum bs is the biggest hustle/ ruse in the history of time. It’s utter laziness and they only get away with it bc as a pp pointed out - ‘social deficits’ is so very subjective and basically covers anyone who isn’t George Clooney level of charming [/quote]

I'd have to do so on background because I left the field awhile ago so can't claim "expert" on that any more. Upside, I am an expert in other areas of health policy so know how to talk on background.[/quote]

You should do it on background and pitch the story overall bc the criteria they have given the medical community to determine this disorder is one of the biggest disservices to all impacted individuals in the history of ever and they deserve to be called out. 
[b]I feel like in ten years time ‘autism is a spectrum’ will be the new ‘all lives matter’ [/b][/quote]

I think you may be almost alone in this feeling.[/quote]

Many of us on this thread are not fans of the spectrum as it is currently categorized. That is the entire point of the conversation [/quote]

NP. Sure but the analogy to All Lives Matter was highly inappropriate. [/quote]

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