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I'm high functioning but still have sensory processing disorder related to ASD which makes it hard to function in very sensory overwhelming environments. I als

by emmab 9y ago

I'm high functioning but still have sensory processing disorder related to ASD which makes it hard to function in very sensory overwhelming environments. I also had a lot of difficulties relating to socialization growing up related to ASD, even if they are less relevant now that I'm an adult.

jcrben 9y ago
Hopefully we get better at spotting sensory disorders and perhaps someday "sensory processing disorder" will be a recognized diagnosis with specific evidence-based treatment. From the article: "field trials showed that DSM-5 ASD has improved specificity at the cost of excluding more cognitively able individuals, including up to 75% of those previously diagnosed with AS". Also from the article: "there is evidence that patients, families, education professionals, and health professionals connote AS with positive features and associate Autism with strange behavior, learning disability and family dysfunction". Autism correlates with various things and I imagine that these would involve different therapy. For example, the number thrown around is that 1/3 are nonverbal and do not develop functional speech in adulthood (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autism&oldid=799627286#cite_note-36 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autism&oldid=7996...). In children, about half engage in self-harm (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003.00507.x/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003....) or physical aggression (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946712001456 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946712...). See also (not necessarily endorsing): http://nymag.com/news/features/autism-spectrum-2012-11/ http://nymag.com/news/features/autism-spectrum-2012-11/ https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-no-label-movement https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-no-label-movemen... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment

by emmab 9y ago

jcrben 9y ago

Hopefully we get better at spotting sensory disorders and perhaps someday "sensory processing disorder" will be a recognized diagnosis with specific evidence-based treatment. From the article: "field trials showed that DSM-5 ASD has improved specificity at the cost of excluding more cognitively able individuals, including up to 75% of those previously diagnosed with AS". Also from the article: "there is evidence that patients, families, education professionals, and health professionals connote AS with positive features and associate Autism with strange behavior, learning disability and family dysfunction". Autism correlates with various things and I imagine that these would involve different therapy. For example, the number thrown around is that 1/3 are nonverbal and do not develop functional speech in adulthood (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autism&oldid=799627286#cite_note-36 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Autism&oldid=7996...). In children, about half engage in self-harm (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003.00507.x/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003....) or physical aggression (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946712001456 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946712...). See also (not necessarily endorsing): http://nymag.com/news/features/autism-spectrum-2012-11/ http://nymag.com/news/features/autism-spectrum-2012-11/ https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-no-label-movement https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-no-label-movemen... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment