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27 Jul 2012, 7:23 pm

I'd really like a better description of the severity levels. And I'd really like to know whether they'd expect sensory stuff to fall into the RRB stuff or not, the description doesn't mention it, but sensory stuff falls into the RRB part of the diagnostic criteria. My sensory stuff is by far my most severe.

I'd consider myself an example of a level 2 aspie (though my RRBs are between levels 1 and 2 in severity if we assume sensory stuff isn't included.)



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27 Jul 2012, 10:15 pm

nominalist wrote:
Callista wrote:
Some Aspies will be level 2 or 3, actually.


I guess they could be. However, level 3 looks more like "classic Autism" to me.


I think the perception that only people who fit the so-called "classic autism" stereotypes can be that severe is one of the reasons this change is a good one: That is, people who are verbal and supposedly "high-functioning" might be found to require a lot of support to function.

"Classic autism" is a terrible misnomer, however. Many of Kanner's original case studies would have fit in seamlessly with Hans Asperger's patients.



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27 Jul 2012, 10:22 pm

Verdandi wrote:
I think the perception that only people who fit the so-called "classic autism" stereotypes can be that severe is one of the reasons this change is a good one: That is, people who are verbal and supposedly "high-functioning" might be found to require a lot of support to function.


That's a good point.

Verdandi wrote:
"Classic autism" is a terrible misnomer, however. Many of Kanner's original case studies would have fit in seamlessly with Hans Asperger's patients.


Many of Kanner's patients could also be described as Asperger's Autists.

I think that the decision to do away with the distinction is a good one. People can change in levels, too.


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