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18 May 2017, 12:07 pm

Hello All:

I am new here and I just got my official testing results... it all sounded normal until I got to the part where It said I have significant symptoms of being on the spectrum. It goes on and on... and then ultimately it says that i'm not because of my childhood friendships.

lol what :?:


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AspieUtah
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18 May 2017, 12:23 pm

What was so wrong about your childhood friends in your diagnostician(s) opinion? I know that some diagnosticians consider "many friends means no autism," but they should be looking for social-communication deficits between you and your friends, not their number.


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18 May 2017, 12:25 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet

This is from the diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder that may be relevent to your sutuation.

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Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities


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