Medical conditions may mark distinct autism subtypes

Post Reply New Topic

I'm in the "developmental delay" group.

I was considered "dumb" and laughed at most of my life.

Still today, I feel like I need to memorize something in advance, whereas NT people seem to have more fluid/flexible minds.

Very interesting, thanks for the read.

I was also developmental delayed. Not to be confused with developmental disorder. I think developmental delayed is a label used when the doctors want to do the wait and see approach before diagnosing the child with a disorder.

BTW isn't having socialization issues and communication issues a developmental delay? To say an autistic child had none of it is basically saying they were an NT and showed no signs of autism at an early age. Everything they did at that age was normal. Then they don't start to fit into autism when they are older when they start to show delays in their development like why haven't they still learned turn taking or carrying on a conversation?

I'm not sure I fit into any of the groups. My overt psychiatric issues started with what we'd now call social anxiety just before I was 14 . I was badly coordinated(possible dyspraxia? but never diagnosed) . I'm much better verbally than non-verbally(probable learning difficulty but never diagnosed as such)

I had trouble sleeping as a child.
Rarely could they get me down for a nap.

I think this is an attempt to re-classify the DSM based behavioral model of autism (ASD levels 1-3) within the paradigm of the biomedical model.

The biomedical model splits subtypes on the basis of comorbid medical conditions such as motor nueron problems, seizures and gastrointestinal problems. There may be other genes involves not linked to autism?

Other issues such ADHD and neuro-developmental (language/communication?) delay may be linked to the autism ?

Until the genes are mapped all of these classification systems (sub types) are still hypothetical and arbitrary...

I have experienced developmental delay and seizures when little.

I used to have night terrors too.

I believe in the “many autisms” hypothesis.

Autism has many causes.

I’ve had immune and gastrointestinal issues my whole life but I was a great sleeper when I was young, nothing would wake me up. I had a few years of bad sleep when my gut was more messed up than usual and caused my hormones to get really imbalanced. Now that I’ve got my gut healthy my hormones are balanced and my immune system is calming down and I’m back to sleeping well again.