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> We need to group because everyone across the spectrum has things in common Do they really? One of the articles on here recently was about how Autism is this
by bsder 5y ago
> We need to group because everyone across the spectrum has things in common
Do they really? One of the articles on here recently was about how Autism is this gigantic smorgasbord of often very different symptoms and that every Autism disgnosis pulls from a different palette of symptoms.
That sounds a lot like psychologists decided to call "Not Neurotypical" (however you define that) as "Autism" and then dumped everything into the category.
- q-big 5y ago> That sounds a lot like psychologists decided to call "Not Neurotypical" (however you define that) as "Autism" and then dumped everything into the category. "Neurodiverse" includes a lot more conditions, such as ADHD, developmental speech disorders, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, intellectual disability, Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and antisocial personality disorder. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neurodiversity&oldid=1086040134#Within_disability_rights_movements https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neurodiversity&ol...