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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Autistic man found guilty of murder |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2021, 3:03 pm
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Replies: 28
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Misslizard wrote: I think he had more going on than Autism, maybe psychosis.
I was thinking this as well. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever watch autistic YouTube channels? |
| autiecat |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2021, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 90
Views: 10,959
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2021, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 59
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| Yet in the end... Does all the autism trait makes someone autistic or have autism? Or just relatable and similar to autistics? I'm waiting for science to discover further evidence -- likely evidence beyond of traits and behaviors that professionals currently relies on diagnosing individuals with. :... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
| autiecat |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2021, 5:04 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 3,046
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| I don't have much to contribute, but wanted to say I'm really enjoying this conversation. <Long rabbit trail that's just me talking about myself in case it sparks any further insights either for those reading or for myself through responses>: If this forum were "all or none" then I wouldn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What kind of humor is acceptable to Aspies |
| autiecat |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2021, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 69
Views: 3,056
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2021, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 59
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| I keep hearing this narrative in certain autistic communities, and it's driving me nuts. According to this narrative, people are either 100% allistic or 100% autistic and there is nothing in between. Among autistic people, there's no such thing as more or less autistic. No one can be "a little... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
| autiecat |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2021, 1:13 pm
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Replies: 59
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| Getting back to the point, I have spent most of my life functioning under the assumption I am NT, and now that I am seeking diagnosis and of the view that I may be on the spectrum, I am in the uncomfortable zone of questioning whether or not I am "autistic enough." That is, do I have enou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2021, 1:09 pm
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Replies: 59
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| I think the ''little bit autistic'' thing is more of a matter of opinion . A bit like pregnancy. The fact is you're either pregnant or you're not, but some people say ''I'm very pregnant'' when they're eight or nine months gone. It doesn't always have to make logical sense. The difference is that a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
| autiecat |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2021, 7:50 pm
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Replies: 59
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| I believe the diagnostic criteria have been developed over time with intent to capture the particular pattern of traits associated with autistic brain rewiring. I do agree that there is a biological basis for the autistic traits that we see, but it's likely that there are variations of the brain wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2021, 6:35 pm
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Replies: 59
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| I'm fairly comfortable with no line at all. To me, everybody has ASD, but some have so little ASD that you'd need a microscope to find it. But it's still there. What a person considers negligible depends on how they feel about the matter and what they're trying to do. It does make some things easie... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2021, 5:46 pm
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Replies: 59
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| People have varying amounts and intensity of autistic traits. How many and intensely one has to have these traits to be considered autistic is subjective and has changed radically over the years. If you are close to a subjective line be it enough traits to be autistic, enough sexual attraction to o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2021, 5:41 pm
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Replies: 59
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| I think that people with social communication disorder from DSM-V or most of individuals with nonverbal learning disability (NLD, NVLD) or individuals with persistent personality disorders (at least ones of cluster A (odd-eccentric), like schizoid or schizotypal, or similar to it) which are present... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2021, 8:25 pm
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| I remember Baron-Cohen saying that if you think you've got a bit of Aspergers, you probably haven't got it. I didn't agree with him and still don't. His view is that it's OK for him to draw a rather arbitrary line and say that anybody who doesn't quite score above that should have the diagnosis wit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2021, 8:17 pm
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Replies: 59
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| I think the part of it is that there are people who invalidate people with more "mild" autism and the support they may need. Whenever I've heard someone say you "can't be a little autistic" it's either in the situation Isa described, or where people are acting like higher functi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2021, 7:07 pm
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Replies: 59
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| I think the part of it is that there are people who invalidate people with more "mild" autism and the support they may need. Whenever I've heard someone say you "can't be a little autistic" it's either in the situation Isa described, or where people are acting like higher functi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The line between neurotypical and autistic and severity |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2021, 6:33 pm
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Replies: 59
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| Everybody's autistic. Even the most socially skilled, extroverted neurotypicals you know are autistic, they're just so brilliant at masking their autism that they come across as not autistic on the outside and can trick anybody and be the most life and soul of the party. It might as well be like th... |
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