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AgentPalpatine
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17 Jun 2013, 12:05 am

I think there's more of a case to be made that the DSM-5 approach towards ASDs is an error, in that it puts even more attention towards external and subjective critera rather than objective measurements of verbal/non-verbal communication & neurological processing differences.


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17 Jun 2013, 1:05 am

Thelibrarian wrote:
I have to agree with the OP. As far as doctors, psychologists, and the rest of that ilk go, I've spent too much money and gotten nothing in return--at least as it concerns my AS. Everything of value I have learned either through doing my own research or the people here at WP. I couldn't care less what the APA thinks.


Ditto