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Kuraudo777
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27 Sep 2016, 8:38 pm

I once had to explain to a supposedly trained [?] ambulance meeting person the difference between Autism and Asperger's.


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27 Sep 2016, 8:39 pm

Sometimes, even psychologists don't know the difference. I know that for a fact.



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27 Sep 2016, 9:48 pm

I've had counselors before who didn't know what Asperger's was and they also didn't seem to know very much about autism because they didn't seem to understand the problems I was having. There was one therapist I had though who specialized in it and she helped me a lot.