Excellent Article

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It is very lengthy and difficult to read at times
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This article was not something I found. Credit goes to blogger Emily Willingham who recommended the article as one of the best autism articles of 2015

Hans Asperger had lots of nice and true things to say.

Thanks for sharing.

Great article. Thanks

Grumpy, never seen a mental health person and keepin it that way,
back in the days the family docter knew when he was called it was serious
Nowadays
there's a thought that when you don't come often,
then when you come to see them, you're doing that just to talk nonsense and you have no right to do that!

I'd rather go to the vet,
and I'm sceptic about those too, specially on the point when they're controlling for government, and elected representants who profit from legislation.


Where do y'all get the money for that anyway? / is it disguised advertising for mental-healthcare?

Great article ... thanks for posting!

It is mentioned that if woman on the spectrum can compensate for their autism to behave in a socially acceptable fashion, that there is no point in diagnosis. To me this way of thinking makes it harder for women because often other "co-morbids" (depression, anxiety) are a result of coping with autism. But if only these symptoms are treated without identifying the underlying cause, not much progress will be made.

YES!! This line of thinking does not take into consideration the amount of concentration and energy and focus it takes for autistic women to compensate socially, and how even if we manage it, by the time we get home at the end of the day we are completely exhausted and emotionally/mentally drained. And the longer you keep it up, the more likely you are to head straight into overload and a meltdown/breakdown until you can't even function anymore and end up in bed for days or in the hospital. Then, after a rest, it starts all over again. Being able to mask socially for short periods of time is ultimately not really a coping mechanism because of the psychological cost. It never gets less exhausting or draining, no matter how "good" you get at it.

It doesn't. The psychological cost is high.