As a person who went to a school specializing in treating children and teens with autism and other mood disorders I really have to disagree with this newfound thing with newly diagnosed adults with autism who say that autism isn't a spectrum disorder in the way that you can have a little bit or you could have a lot of autism. They just have not been exposed to people that are just non-functional with autism. It 100% is a linear spectrum it just becomes less linear when you get into the more functional in everyday life part of the spectrum.
> I really have to disagree with this newfound thing with newly diagnosed adults with autism who say that autism isn't a spectrum disorder
This implies that the only people who don’t view autism as a scale rather than a spectrum are newly diagnosed. This isn’t true.
> They just have not been exposed to people that are just non-functional with autism.
This isn’t plausible, since the view is also prevalent amongst researchers who we know have had this exposure.
> It 100% is a linear spectrum it just becomes less linear when you get into the more functional in everyday life part of the spectrum.
This is a misunderstanding of the spectrum concept.
Someone can be very disabled because they have a profound intellectual disability, but nevertheless be able to speak.
Someone can have no intellectual disability and mask as normal for short periods but be very non-functional because sensory issues are too profound for them.
Obviously some people with autism are profoundly disabled. It doesn’t follow that autism is a linear scale.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 12.0 ms ] thread> I really have to disagree with this newfound thing with newly diagnosed adults with autism who say that autism isn't a spectrum disorder
This implies that the only people who don’t view autism as a scale rather than a spectrum are newly diagnosed. This isn’t true.
> They just have not been exposed to people that are just non-functional with autism.
This isn’t plausible, since the view is also prevalent amongst researchers who we know have had this exposure.
> It 100% is a linear spectrum it just becomes less linear when you get into the more functional in everyday life part of the spectrum.
This is a misunderstanding of the spectrum concept.
Someone can be very disabled because they have a profound intellectual disability, but nevertheless be able to speak.
Someone can have no intellectual disability and mask as normal for short periods but be very non-functional because sensory issues are too profound for them.
Obviously some people with autism are profoundly disabled. It doesn’t follow that autism is a linear scale.