The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
lostproperty wrote:
I think one of the main reasons is that it's become increasingly more difficult for people to live up to the expectations of what is considered to be normal, because it's an ever narrowing concept with the emphasis on selling yourself as socially active at all times, so more and more of us are going to fall outside of that ideal.
If that’s true then it means AS is socially construct.
It is, ASD’s are assessed by behavoirs.
This is the idea behind
the social model of disability.
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DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.