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We don't know what autism really is, beyond it's symptomatic effects and correlations like that of TFA. It's not clear that there is a meaningful notion of bein
by dooglius 7y ago
We don't know what autism really is, beyond it's symptomatic effects and correlations like that of TFA. It's not clear that there is a meaningful notion of being autistic but asymptomatic. Typhoid, on the other hand, is a bacteria that exists independent of its symptoms.
- lonelappde 7y ago"Asymptomatic" just means poor or absent testing, not an inherent property. Better diagnostic tests can detect low visibility symptoms. It's like saying that someone with nearsightedness is asymptomatic and therefore not nearsighted because someone is good at squinting. There are still symptoms if you know what to check for.
- dooglius 7y agoTyphoid Mary, the example the parent used, was asymptomatic in an inherent way, not just due to poor or absent testing. > There are still symptoms if you know what to check for. What are these in autism? Are you sure they exist? It may be that "inability to mask" is just what autism _is_.