Soldato
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I got 8
so what does a real diagnostic test for autism consist of ?
So much fail in this thread.
@Cooler running, download the official British English dictionary for Firefox. Right click in a text box and set the spell check/language to British English. Now you have spell check. How you can be
(1) on a nerdy forum and (2) have used Firefox enough to know it as 'Moz' but not know this is baffling.
Perhaps read up a little if you're actually interested.
not a mental illness or learning difficulty; although these can be co-morbid for some sufferers (hence, 'Spectrum'). It's not 'closer to an emotion or personality type' any more than depression or the 'flu is. Autism Spectrum Disorder (as it was recently amalgamated) is an umbrella term for a group of developmental disorders characterised by a 'triad of impairment', namely in (1) social understanding, (2) communication and (3) rigidity of thinking. Sufferers also tend to experience co-morbid sensory processing disorders to some degree, often significantly. Those with 'severe' Autism (one could argue all Autism is 'severe' just in different ways) can be non-verbal, unresponsive and unable to care for themselves at all. Those with so-called 'high functioning' Autism / Asperger's Syndrome (no longer medically recognised as distinct) can have significantly high IQs and lead multi-national technology corporations and invent cool new technologies... Hence, 'Spectrum'.
I got 8
despite you being so pedantic over the distinctions.
None of this gets to the actual point of what I was saying.
My point was that Autism is just a layman's term for a number of behavioural patterns, of which it's not consistent to call an illness.
From what I've read, it's not even known specifically what causes Autism, or whether the spectrum is biologically causally related.
I'm pretty much certain that that if Autism was a biologically well understood condition then it wouldn't be spoken about in the way it is. We would be actively resolving, it not managing it.
Thankfully here in the UK there is an excellent support network for people who suffer from these kinds of conditions, but that still doesn't mean we know much about fact of the matter.
I can't do any test unless I've had 5.8 cups of coffee and taken 59,875 breaths since getting up.
Doubt I'm autistic tho.
I definitely picked you as one, tbhI can't do any test unless I've had 5.8 cups of coffee and taken 59,875 breaths since getting up.
Doubt I'm autistic tho.
How do you manage to screw up the word "pretty"? You must be new here.
How needlessly petty and mean. You must be grumpy here.