I think there is consensus in this community that the DSM diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder could be significantly improved. Let’s say you were tasked to write the diagnostic entry for the Autism Spectrum Disorder in the DSM6. What would the entry look like?
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What would be the criteria?
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How many criteria would be required for a diagnosis?
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What would be the specifiers if any?
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What would the narrative elaboration include?
Thank you! I know we have certain difficulties, but some of the stuff can also be attributed to societal factors. It goes beyond that, but I really rather not get into that debate right now lol
Yeah! Because they are direct and sincere. This kind of provides insight as to why I used to copy animal behaviors over human behaviors. 🤔
Yes! And even in the extreme cases when there seems to be no patterns, there are still angles.
I found out I was autistic as an adult. When I was in the doubting stage, the one thing that I never was able to argue against was this obsession with topics. I would go into these deep months-long dives into a topic to learn it as much as possible without any real practical use. Then, I would talk about it all the time to the point it was annoying. People that I saw infrequently would be like, “How’s the Russian Revolution?” and I would respond, “Oh…yeah. It’s good…but have you ever used the navigation system on a Cessna 152?! There are all these beacons throughout the entire world that you can use to assess your location blah blah blah…” lol
Yeah, too much information to process. If I need to understand the whole thing, I’m gonna need a theory please.
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