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> Hang on: Autism is not a mental illness! "A serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact." Would you not call that an
by mahouse 11y ago
> Hang on: Autism is not a mental illness!
"A serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact." Would you not call that an illness?
> Neither of us have any research, so I wonder how strongly you feel that?
I feel it very strongly, as someone who has been affected by it.
> And maybe if you swap "depression" for "stress" I guess I'll agree.
I agree on that too.
> Wait what? Plenty of people who don't have anything like a diagnosable mental illness enjoy being assholes just because. I guess we're disagreeing about definitions of asshole and mental illness here though.
I don't believe in that. Someone who is a chronical asshole is probably depressed, stressed, an autist, a psychopath, etc.
- DanBC 11y agoI'd call it an illness, but it's not a mental illness. It's a developmental disorder.
- pmelendez 11y ago>"A serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact." Would you not call that an illness? First that is not an appropiated definition that would cover the whole spectrum. It is not "serious" for people with High Functional Autism (Umbrella term that covers deprecated labels as Aspergers, PDDNOS, etc). Second, "Illness" is not the preferred term in this case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease#Concepts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease#Concepts "(Medical condition) As it is more value-neutral than terms like disease, the term medical condition is sometimes preferred by people with health issues that they do not consider deleterious. On the other hand, by emphasizing the medical nature of the condition, this term is sometimes rejected, such as by proponents of the autism rights movement."