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While you make good points, all to often I see people use articles like this as an excuse to question those diagnosed with autism. As a father of 2 children wi
by jasonlotito 13y ago
While you make good points, all to often I see people use articles like this as an excuse to question those diagnosed with autism. As a father of 2 children with autism (and no, we're not talking about high-IQ introverted children), there is a lot of stigma associated with autism already.
So, this is just a friendly reminder not to try and make armchair diagnoses.
- jonnathanson 13y ago"all to often I see people use articles like this as an excuse to question those diagnosed with autism" That's certainly not my intent, and I hope that's not what this is being taken for. I apologize if I've given that impression! For the record, I have a (legitimately) autistic family member myself. I think we should work to ease both stigmata: the stigma associated with autism, and the stigma associated with this particular combination of high-IQ + introversion.
- jasonlotito 13y ago> That's certainly not my intent, and I hope that's not what this is being taken for. I know, and I don't take it that way. =) Like I said, you make good points. > I apologize if I've given that impression! To be clear, you haven't. However, I've always been impressed with how people can twist intent.
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