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09 Nov 2018, 2:26 pm

Deviating slightly. It's obvious from photos I have I didn't mind being held and I'm guessing hugged. However I can't say I like being hugged now. I always feel awkward if embraced or hugged now.



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03 Dec 2018, 6:34 am

There's no biological proof for AS; you can't prove it in yours with a biological diagnosis.



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03 Dec 2018, 7:26 am

I held eye contact, was tactile, didn't collect things, didn't line up toys, didn't have obsessions, didn't stim very noticeably, didn't spin, didn't hand flap, didn't have meltdowns till late 20's.

You're not participating in the forum anymore, only fixating on your assessment, why don't you have a little fun?



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03 Dec 2018, 8:44 am

No.


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03 Dec 2018, 10:52 am

Nope, late smiling can be a sign of being on the spectrum, but smiling is not a disqualifier by any means.


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03 Dec 2018, 10:54 am

firemonkey wrote:
Deviating slightly. It's obvious from photos I have I didn't mind being held and I'm guessing hugged. However I can't say I like being hugged now. I always feel awkward if embraced or hugged now.


SPD can change over time.
For me I used to not let anyone touch me at all as a youngling but as I got older it became only light touch and deep touch became okay.


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03 Dec 2018, 11:02 am

Joe90 wrote:
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Theyre probably talking about hard core low functioning autistics in that article. Not aspies so much.


But I keep hearing on this forum that functioning labels don't exist any more and that autism is autism with no grey areas.

Ahh, confusion!! !


Functioning labels are at least misleading.
I find myself pretty close to the middle of high and middle, and in different areas of diagnoses it can vary. When I meant some lower functioning autistics for instance, their SPD was less than mine, and my communication was better.

The problem people including myself have with it is it can ignore the struggles of some seen as high functioning, and ignore the skills and abilities of the lower. And because different people have different levels of skills in different areas, in some areas a low functioning person can do much better than a high functioning, often the labels are arbitrary and don't show the real story.


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03 Dec 2018, 10:50 pm

No, it's not. I have smiled at least at times as a toddler. I have no idea if I smiled more, less or the same amount as other toddlers, but I did smile.


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04 Dec 2018, 2:54 am

This is something that most likely pertains to children with severe autism. When I was a toddler with severe autism I was very unresponsive. In other words people would do all kinds of things to get me to smile and laugh and I usually wouldn't respond to it. I did smile and laugh at times, but it was like I would only do so according to my own terms.
I don't see that applying to toddlers with aspergers.