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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Is self-diagnosis okay/valid/a good thing?

Mansolaris
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 3:15 am 

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It strikes me that we're - quite likely - skirting an important issue: that of the adaequationis medicorum to administer tests to determine AS, a condition that they can only ever imagine, being neurotypical . AS diagnosis, a mainstream prerogative, seems to me intrinsically problematic because it i...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Is self-diagnosis okay/valid/a good thing?

Mansolaris
Posted: 02 Dec 2014, 6:40 pm 

Replies: 614
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There is a running presumption here that Aspies reside exclusively in developed regions of the world where a medically-valid diagnosis is, at the very least, possible. I'm afraid that the extant geopolitical reality is rather more skewed: In most parts of the world, a medical diagnosis of Asperger's...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Advice for a tough conversation please

Mansolaris
Posted: 01 Dec 2014, 5:39 am 

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Speaking as a fullblown, card-carrying Aspie, here's my POV from inside the AS fort, so to say: Be entirely honest with him (with, advisably, help from some more wine). The way Aspies perspectives are ordered, your fiancé likely doesn’t have problems with the truth about himself - just with his inco...
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