What other signs would you add to the criteria for autism?

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I wish they would add...

1. Not ALL autistics are mentally ret*d!
2. A lot of nonverbal autistic children become very verbal autistic adults.
3. Autistics usually are much stronger then they appear
4. A good amount of autistics have a huge heart, and are very compasionate people
5. A lot of autistics facial expressions don't usually match their actual feelings
6. Handflapping is not always the case with every autistic
7. Not every autistic lines things up
8. No autistic is alike!
9. Autistic doesn't always have to mean Disabled!
10. Crazy, and Nasty are not signs of autism


What else can you add if you could make up your own criteria for autism not already said on websites that link symptoms or signs of autism.

That is a very good list for something that is very difficult to describe with only one way of being Autistic beyond very basic stuff.
Can't think of anything apart from adding possibility of meltdowns and self injury,having varying pain thresholds from normal to feeling no pain at all,some have mixed pain thresholds eg,feel no pain on outside,but pain inside..the great differences in speech [non verbal,part non verbal,echolilic only,mostly echolilic,mildly echolilic,free speech and then there is all the different causes and also possible difficulties in understanding basic language even in those with normal speech],possibility of not recognising when needing the toilet due to sensory and processing differences....
have thought of loads but they're even less criteria type,more against myths of autism.

This criteria already exists for HFA and Asperger's.

Some people with autism are affectionate. My son is extremely affectionate with me, family members, and he always liked his teachers. I always say that he likes people way more than I do (but, he doesn't know how to interact with them all the time)

This has even been shown in studies, it's probably part of why the "total lack of affective contact with other people" (that's not how they worded it, but it's the gist of it) criterion has been thrown out the window two decades ago.

Morton Gernsbacher (that's a link to her autism stuff) talks about it in "Is Autism An Attachment Disorder?"

I think researchers are talking about adding unusual sensory processing, which would be cool. I think they have to study it a bit more, first, though, to make sure they get it right.

• Motorical clumsiness (this is a criteria according to Gilberg)
• Great ability to feel sympathy despite the lack of empathy
• Organisatorical difficulties

Partially incorrect. There are experts who still believe in the importance of the criteria of autistic aloneness, Uta Frith being one.

This one confuses me. Why get a diagnosis if you're fully abled?

It means some autistics can live somewhat normal lives. I may have classic autism, but I have a nt bf of 2 years who lives with me, im training to become a sign language interpreter, i want to get married and have a family one day. Thats what i mean by doesn't always have to be disabled.

Um I know some LFA who aren't mentally ret*d either thats what I meant by that also!

You mean that autistic people aren't doomed? That even with autism we can have at least some of the things we want in life?

But people with disabilities need support in ways that people without disabilities don't. Are you saying that autistic people don't necessarily need extra support, or that with extra support we can live full lives?

What do you mean? An autistic person's level of functioning is deemed on the basis of their IQs.

Not all Aspies think literally.

Not all Aspies are social hermits, on one hand, or completely clueless about social reciprocity, on the other. I don't fit either extreme, even though I do make the occasional embarrassing blunder.