do you think autism is genetic?

[Timelord]

I never said they weren't diagnosed with something. They had a diagnosis - it just wasn't Autism, when it should have been but it wasn't because they didn't fit Kanner's criteria. Does that make it clearer? The query about meeting an ASD3 is irrelevant here for this reason.

Co-morbids are not Autism. They are called co-morbid for a reason - they need to be treated separate to Autism, not as part of it.

 

[Crossbreed]

Co-morbids are not Autism. They are called co-morbid for a reason - they need to be treated separate to Autism, not as part of it.

They are not autism to you & me, but they are to those who are incompetent about autism. They are wrongly calling severe co-morbids autism. No one is in special education who has autism without severe co-morbids, a.k.a. ASD1. The defining distinction between "short-bus" & "long-bus" autism is the presence or absence of said severe co-morbids.

 

[Timelord]

And it has nothing to do with Autism as you say - and it's what we should be going with no matter what anyone who says otherwise claims. Most of those who claim the co-morbids as part of Autism are people who seek to make society scared of Autism, while the rest insist on making Autism a wholly medical issue. It's wrong and we both know that. And ASD1's can have issues with co-morbid conditions. I know that I am starting to have minor eyesight issues - which is totally normal for someone my age. But it is interfering with my mental health as I have to re-adjust. Not in a major way, but enough to be something to consider. That's co-morbidity.

 

[Crossbreed]

That's co-morbidity.

But it is not a severe co-morbidity in that it changes your level of support need...

 

[Timelord]

Co-morbidity is co-morbidity. Severity levels are a separate thing again. It's important not to conflate these things on a sliding scale because it will only cause confusion - and leave gaps for our enemies to exploit.

 

[Crossbreed]

Severity levels are a separate thing again.

Severity levels are the consequence of the intensity and/or accumulation of co-morbid conditions.

 

[Timelord]

But all levels must be recognised - no exceptions.

 

[Crossbreed]

They are. Autism "levels" are a grade on the "load" one is carrying beyond "basic" autism [ASD1].

 

[Timelord]

And yet you are playing the game of our enemies by promoting "severity". It interferes with the understanding of Autism and of co-morbidity.

 

[Crossbreed]

Acknowledging a subsequent brain injury is not a concession. I would that all autistics --a form of neuro-diversity-- be healthy autistics.