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14 Jun 2021, 2:42 pm

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My psychology teacher recently spoke to me concerning my suspicions aboutAutism/Aspergers. . . In the conversation he mentioned how everyone is on the spectrum and the degree of autism is dependent on their individuality. There's just different names for each 'space' on the spectrum. So, basically, everyone has some level of autism according to the traits.

Has anyone come across this before?
It is 100% unequivocally completely incorrect. Your teacher does not understand what Autism is.


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14 Jun 2021, 2:44 pm

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"Everyone's a little bit autistic".
My OT told me that once; I think she was trying to make me feel better, but in reality it just made me feel confused.

Your OT is WRONG and had no right to tell you that.


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14 Jun 2021, 2:47 pm

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I wouldn't say everyone is as the autism spectrum varies some people have it mildly some have quite severe and some moderate.
I don't think anyone has it mildly. Like the saying says, "Mild Autism does not mean that I experience my Autism mildly. Mild Autism means that you experience my Autism mildly."


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14 Jun 2021, 2:50 pm

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I don't know. Be a bit like saying everyone has got Dementia to a degree because everybody forgets things at times. Or a bit like saying everyone's got Irritable Bowel Syndrome because everyone gets stomachache at times.
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14 Jun 2021, 3:06 pm

I LOVE this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWnyDvG7XEk

another of my favorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPSVf50kLF8


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14 Jun 2021, 3:13 pm

No.

Among things, people can possess a few traits but not enough to count and people can possess many traits associated with but none severely enough to count. Either way those people would be compared against the diagnostic criteria and if they don't count they're not diagnosed. They might qualify for some other diagnosis.

Beyond those adjacent people most people don't possess many traits and don't possess any of them to the extent that disruption results.

The term spectrum describes how the symptoms can manifest in a wide variety of ways, it doesn't imply that everyone falls on it.


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