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 Topic: Death of the Syndrome |
TPE2
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 9:55 am Subject: Death of the Syndrome |
Also valid but conditional on the individual child. My comments pertain to general trends with the contructs rather than definitions based on absolute boundaries. I did say when you base a diagnosis ... |
| Topic: Death of the Syndrome |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 7:26 am Subject: Death of the Syndrome |
I wonder what you make of this letter by Dr Richard Perry:
http://richardperrymd.com/MoreDSM5.html
Dr. Happé goes on to note that when using the existing criteria that "most people with Asperge ... |
| Topic: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:46 pm Subject: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
However, the traits themselves, when viewed as a collection of traits, could very well qualify as another species
Only if the mating between a "pure" autistic and a "pure" NT does not produce fert ... |
| Topic: Very little desire to socialise. |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 2:33 pm Subject: Re: Very little desire to socialise. |
About schizophrenia I don't really know...
"Social anhedonia" (don't having pleasure in socialization) is one of the symptoms of schizophrenia. |
| Topic: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:37 am Subject: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
No more histrionic personality disorder? Why?
The initial ideia was to simply abandon all the concept of "[X] Personality Disorder", and to have only "Personality Disorder" as a diagnosis, and them ... |
| Topic: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:14 am Subject: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
However, the traits themselves, when viewed as a collection of traits, could very well qualify as another species
Only if the mating between a "pure" autistic and a "pure" NT does not produce fert ... |
| Topic: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 10:36 am Subject: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
But in the real world aspies are tiny minority spread around the globe
Not really. The prevalence of neurodiversity probably is 10-15%, and that is not a tiny majority.
-so how could they ... |
| Topic: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 5:22 am Subject: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
| schizoid PD isn't in the next DSM 5, also because many researchers belief that it's just (depending on the case) avoidant PD, ASD or schizotypal PD. So officially it wouldn't exist in the futur anymor ... |
| Topic: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 5:13 am Subject: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
| schizoid PD isn't in the next DSM 5, also because many researchers belief that it's just (depending on the case) avoidant PD, ASD or schizotypal PD. So officially it wouldn't exist in the futur anymor ... |
| Topic: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 4:40 am Subject: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
| schizoid PD isn't in the next DSM 5, also because many researchers belief that it's just (depending on the case) avoidant PD, ASD or schizotypal PD. So officially it wouldn't exist in the futur anymor ... |
| Topic: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 5:59 pm Subject: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
How many people with schizophrenia have ever been tested for autism? Not many I'd bet
This might help answering the question about the coocurence of ASD and schizophrenia.
And thanks for the art ... |
| Topic: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 5:24 pm Subject: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
There have been brain scans done to diagnose autism so it would be good to compare these with scans of schizophrenic people
That study is close to that (unfortunately was made with subjects wit ... |
| Topic: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 2:31 pm Subject: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
A better question is if the traits that builds up ASD and neurodiversity comes from another species? The answer to this is quite likely yes.
If that species could cross with humans (the only way by ... |
| Topic: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 2:29 pm Subject: Are autistics a subspecies of human? |
I would think just species not sub-species would make more sense, sub species seems to suggest a little more than 'differences' such as some humans being inferior to humans in general. For instance ... |
| Topic: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
TPE2
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 8:49 am Subject: Is Asperger's Syndrome worse than Schizophrenia |
How many people with schizophrenia have ever been tested for autism? Not many I'd bet
This might help answering the question about the coocurence of ASD and schizophrenia.
And thanks for the art ... |
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