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Seeing as how autism is only diagnosed with tests, technically, if you pass the tests, you don't have autism.
by thisjepisje 12y ago
Seeing as how autism is only diagnosed with tests, technically, if you pass the tests, you don't have autism.
- scott_karana 12y agoTests can be gamed, can't they? There are plenty of "programmers" out of college who can't write a FizzBuzz in any language, despite passing their tests.
- thisjepisje 12y agoYes you're right, but until we have a better understanding of the neurophysiology of autism, there's simply no telling if treatments like these actually remove the autism from the brain, or simply make someone function despite their autism. Could be, and I'd be very glad if it were the case, I just don't know.
- DanBC 12y agoWhat do you mean by gaming the tests? A cure that removes the apparent symptoms but doesn't cure the actual disease: is that gaming the system? And if so, well, so what?
- 6581 12y agoAutism is diagnosed by whether the DSM-5 or ICD-10 criteria apply to you or not. This can be determined via tests, but that doesn't make tests the only way to diagnose it. DSM-5 explicitly states that the criteria may apply "currently or by history", which rules out a cure for autism by definition.