are people often confused about autism?

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30 Jul 2012, 11:04 pm

it seems to me that a lot of people think that autism is a physical structure in the brain and not a label based on behavioral criteria, which is weird. what do you think?

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30 Jul 2012, 11:07 pm

It's actually both. The behavioral differences are caused by the structural differences in how the brain develops, which causes certain connections to be either over-made or under-made, or even non-existent.

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31 Jul 2012, 12:42 am

There is a lot of misinformation about Autism. If people are not critical about it, they will end up having a lot of prejudices against Autists.

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31 Jul 2012, 10:22 am

philippepetit wrote:

it seems to me that a lot of people think that autism is a physical structure in the brain and not a label based on behavioral criteria, which is weird. what do you think?

The biggest misconception is that autism is a specific disease. It's not, it's just a lable for a set of behaviors. Autism is no one thing.

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31 Jul 2012, 1:34 pm

We have so many debates on what Autism is because even the mental health professionals can't even agree on anything. What is someone on the Autism spectrum to believe?

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31 Jul 2012, 1:40 pm

Dirtdigger wrote:

We have so many debates on what Autism is because even the mental health professionals can't even agree on anything. What is someone on the Autism spectrum to believe?

i guess in the end it is a meaningless question because life is without meaning and there are no answers.

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