diagnostically speaking

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...how much weight was given to subjective input, observations, qualitative over the diagnotistic measurement (gilligan or other) in your diagosis of Aspergers as a child/or adult?

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My whole damn diagnostic papers were based on how I conversed with the shrink and stuff my mother said about my childhood. No tests at all.

That's not a valid diagnosis.

I don't remember what my diagnosis was like, it was 5/6 years ago.

hilarious.

absolutely valid (from what I know about AS/Spetrum disorder, reading, research). Hans himself observed kids qualitatively and jotted down what he observed in speech mannerisms. I believe this is much more thorough than a checklist.

equinn : )

A few tests to check for general tendencies. The rest was all about interviewing me and a local ASD centre who had seen me a bit before.

Diagnosis of autism is obviously flawed - it is impossible to determine the difference between ability and desire. Too often in case notes I've read that a person "can't" do a thing, rather than "doesn't" do it.

I'd much prefer if we had "identification" rather than "diagnosis" anyway. I was identified as being on the spectrum, and since I'm not ill, that's all I need.