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interesting article

qwerty

Many people have talked about not getting a diagnosis when they have the symptoms (false negative), but there are some who had gotten mis-diagnosed as having it when they did not (false positive). It's an interesting perspective and experience. Being labeled as having Aspergers when one doesn't have it can lead to some self-limitations and feeling out of place. A false positive is just as unfortunate as a false negative.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/i-had-asperger-syndrome-briefly.html

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  • Thank You qwerty interesting article indeed.

     The narrow field of criteria mentioned being used by the DSM5 may stop me from receiving a diagnosis which for me will stop me from recieving the validation I So need to move forward in my life.

    I can see his viewpoint and yours but the balance is very tricky, maybe even when a diagnosis is given it shouldn’t automatically be a label for life?

    or an absolute That cannot be reversed in a medical record kind of way.

    The number of people being diagnosed who were not looking for answers as to who they are or why they feel anxious or just generally lost in some way surely isn’t that high?

    After all just trying to find a clinician who can be bothered or has any understanding of autism or why an adult should be needing an assessment is difficult enough . 

    I really don’t know.

    I would presume most being diagnosed are those looking to find answers and more are likely to be wanting it?

    Those being diagnosed who don’t want it to be a label or see it more as a stigma or just don’t believe it is them should not  feel because of a few people saying it is that that’s “IT” for the rest of their lives.

    Always good to see things from many varied viewpoints.

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  • Thank You qwerty interesting article indeed.

     The narrow field of criteria mentioned being used by the DSM5 may stop me from receiving a diagnosis which for me will stop me from recieving the validation I So need to move forward in my life.

    I can see his viewpoint and yours but the balance is very tricky, maybe even when a diagnosis is given it shouldn’t automatically be a label for life?

    or an absolute That cannot be reversed in a medical record kind of way.

    The number of people being diagnosed who were not looking for answers as to who they are or why they feel anxious or just generally lost in some way surely isn’t that high?

    After all just trying to find a clinician who can be bothered or has any understanding of autism or why an adult should be needing an assessment is difficult enough . 

    I really don’t know.

    I would presume most being diagnosed are those looking to find answers and more are likely to be wanting it?

    Those being diagnosed who don’t want it to be a label or see it more as a stigma or just don’t believe it is them should not  feel because of a few people saying it is that that’s “IT” for the rest of their lives.

    Always good to see things from many varied viewpoints.

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