Autism Spectrum Debate
This cluster involves discussions about Autism Spectrum Disorder, including its spectrum nature, common misconceptions, stereotypes, personal experiences, and debates over whether specific behaviors or commenters exhibit autistic traits.
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You may be on the spectrum (as am I), but explicitly calling out autistics doesn't make for a very good implication
What you're describing is the whole reason it's called autism *spectrum* disorder
I think you should probably do some more reading into Autism Spectrum Disorder. Your comment echos cliched and harmful ideas of what Autism is.The reason "Spectrum" is in the name is because there is a wide range of ways it can manifest - from very severe on one end to less impactful (and in some ways beneficial depending on context) on the other. People who used to be referred to as having Asperger Syndrome for example are normally highly intelligent and capable individuals, many o
Please tell me you aren’t always this autistic
I think they assume you're not autistic
This sounds like a misunderstanding of the problems faced by autistic people.
get yourself checked out for being on the autism spectrum. most people find the opposite true.
If you have met one person with autism you have met one person with autism.This is true for anything else and no argument against the current diagnosis.There are people with Covid that ended up in the hospital and people with Covid who barely had any symptoms. Both have Covid.Autism doesn't work from "little autism" to "a lot of autism". One person can have strong sensory issues but decent social skills. Another bad social skills but not sensory issues at all. A
Context dependent indeed!My nephew and I both have it.I just seem like a weird guy to the average person, and sometimes people will even get offended if I mention that I’m autistic.My nephew, on the other hand, is what people think of when they think of autism: Arm flapping, making stimming noises/hums, echolalia, etc.And boy do I just adore that kid.His sense of humor is one of a kind.Anyway… I wish there were subcategories like there are for Depression or ADHD.People
I feel that is just one of the definitions of autism ?Anyway, I didn't want to suggest that everyone had to have it :https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25484160