"You can't be autistic, you can speak/write/have a job"

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I for one think that most genetic testing about autism should be stopped unless it's goal is to help us deal better with our sensitivity issues by finding medicines that are shown to work for autistics with that particular gene. Too much of gene research goes toward eugenics, in other wards killing us before we are born. My feeling is that once the sensitivity issues are dealt with the other issues will be much easier for the autistic person to deal with. It will still be difficult & problems with poor short term memory, dyspraxia, poor coordination & executive function won't necessarily go away but at least they can be more comfortable & happy. I have struggled with all of these issues even though my over sensitivities are for the most part mild but yes I still have some both in the over & under sensitivity categories. My sense of smell is quite poor but by the time I do smell something it is very close to being overwhelming for example.

I need a back-viewing camera to park; otherwise, it takes a really long time to park. I don't want to accidentally hit another car.

I have trouble telling precise distances and angles in general. If I had to drive a truck, I would have difficulty with tight turns.

I might overcorrect and jackknife the truck, too.

They're subtle, my perceptual problems--but they could cause lots of problems.

My 3D vision though present now is still not that strong. I compensate by getting out & looking a lot more than the typical truck driver & that has saved me from accidents.

That's pretty good, sir.

I'm still afraid, though.

I like truck stop food.

Ever watch Ice Road Truckers?

As I explore ASD and waiting to see someone to find out what it is Im affected by, I couldn't help but read the last few posts about driving and 3D vision etc.

It reminds me that I have a 4th Nerve Palsy - possibly of recent onset according to the eye doctor.

He did all the tests and found out that my eyes don't seem to work together. In the normal day to day things, this isn't a problem, but dissasociatively, it's a bit of a problem. I have no stereopsis either, I can't tell find distance. But apparently I compensate all the time.

The other interesting thing is that I've had an ERG and a VEP which came back normal, but the photosensitivity test he ran which tests for sensitivity to light for a variety of frequencies, suggests that I am hypersensitive and possibly affected by migraine.

Of course, now Im thinking... I wonder if any of this might possibly tie in?

Honestly I quit caring when people question if someone is autistic or not. People will always play internet doctors and act like they have their degrees when they undiagnose someone over X, Y, and Z. It seems like every autistic person will get that accusation and be told they are faking it or misdiagnosed when they put themselves out there rather it's a vblog or a blog or being an advocate or writing a book about themselves or appearing on TV in a show. I have even seen someone online claim Temple Grandin didn't have autism or John Robison or Liane Holliday Willey. Then on here someone posted a thread questioning Jack Robison's diagnoses just because he smiled back at people when he was a baby and toddler and the fact he had friends. The whole undiagnosing thing has gotten so ludicrous I just stopped caring and giving a damn. I think everyone else should stop giving a damn too and you will be a lot happier and not feel threatened when someone questions your DX. We even had a member here who seemed to diagnose anyone as a psychopath and toss out other labels on members and she also would undiagnose them with autism. That member was very toxic so she had been banned from here several times and she was the same person who said Temple was not autistic.

I don't need to waste my time to defend myself either and I won't go posting all my medical records online to prove myself. Why even put all my energy to that to someone online who doesn't even know me? Also do I need to waste my time telling my life story to justify my DX? I could be misdiagnosed, I could just be some f****d up child due to my medical history from when I was a toddler and it f****d up my whole brain for life or I could have something that hasn't yet been discovered and it's similar to AS. But right now my DX is Asperger's along with anxiety disorder. But anyway I don't think it even matters what I am diagnosed with and someone might still call me a liar. I just ignore it and remember that every aspie gets that accusation when they open up about their condition. I wasn't the first and I won't be the last.

As usual I can't post quoted replies, because that's asking for too much working technology.

Anyways my comments are not directed at GodzillaWoman or anyone else in particular. But to a certain demographic. I am not attempting to police this thread. I am simply stating my opinions based on all of the posts I have read here since 2013 and my lifetime of being surrounded by people with autism in real life.

Why am I bothered by the idea of the seriousness of autism being water downed into being nothing more than socially awkward and scatter-brained? Well that should be obvious. And I shouldn't be in the minority by being bothered by it either.

Now the improved captcha won't even let me edit.

A couple of people who act like I am taking about them, go on to say they have a solid factual instance in their childhood development history where they were referred to a psychologist etc. This means you are not the sort of person I am talking about.

There is, definitely, something known as "regressive autism," where language skills gained, say, at 1.5 years of age are lost, say, by age 2.5. It's at least fairly common in autism--indicated by case studies going back to the 1940's.

If the loss of language skills (and other skills) remain, it would have been known as "childhood disintegrative disorder" under the DSM IV.

Some people recover their previous language gains; others recover them somewhat; still others remain in a nonverbal state.

I am one who had no ability to actually speak any language until age 5 1/2. Even now, I can only speak English proficiently.