adult autism regression

I have been struggling lately with Aspergers, I feel I have regressed in many fields of operation and I am seeking information that adults can regress. I have read on the net, that regression can be the caused by stress and mistaken for depression in people with autism.

I know regression forms part of the autism model in childhood, but can it also in adulthood ? or is it just stress and lack of coping mechanisms. I feel like everything I knew or trusted is gone ?

 

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  • It is tragic that the scientists cannot seem to tackle AS fairly.  They seem to be blinkered, entrenched, and stubbornly refuse to review their perspectives in the face of the Autism Act.

    The diagnostics used are appropriate to children, not to adults, who have been forced to adapt over years of difficulty and may not show many of the diagnostic traits. So how about a proper go at adult diagnostics scientists!?

    Most adult research focusses on adults with secondary complications, mental health including depression and OCD. They don't seem to be bothered about people who are abler. Indeed they seem to ignore the abler end.

    This is shockingly poor science. How can they segregate a research population in this way? How can their assessments be valid? How can they possibly assess the impact of autism on individuals if they only study individuals with secondary problems whereby they cannot effectively separate autism from other factors?

    It is well nigh impossible to engage in debate with these scientists. The whiole issue is beset by little closed shops/cliques that wont share. They seem more interested in keeping their individual leads than helping people on the spectrum.

    Some areas of science do not live up to expected scientific standards. Its an uneven world science. The ones addressing our needs are too absorbed in intellectual separatism. They don't listen. I doubt they really care about people on the spectrum.

    Sadly the world is full of inequalities. We really need a fairer and more balanced approach to the science behind autism. I very much doubt we'll get it.

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  • It is tragic that the scientists cannot seem to tackle AS fairly.  They seem to be blinkered, entrenched, and stubbornly refuse to review their perspectives in the face of the Autism Act.

    The diagnostics used are appropriate to children, not to adults, who have been forced to adapt over years of difficulty and may not show many of the diagnostic traits. So how about a proper go at adult diagnostics scientists!?

    Most adult research focusses on adults with secondary complications, mental health including depression and OCD. They don't seem to be bothered about people who are abler. Indeed they seem to ignore the abler end.

    This is shockingly poor science. How can they segregate a research population in this way? How can their assessments be valid? How can they possibly assess the impact of autism on individuals if they only study individuals with secondary problems whereby they cannot effectively separate autism from other factors?

    It is well nigh impossible to engage in debate with these scientists. The whiole issue is beset by little closed shops/cliques that wont share. They seem more interested in keeping their individual leads than helping people on the spectrum.

    Some areas of science do not live up to expected scientific standards. Its an uneven world science. The ones addressing our needs are too absorbed in intellectual separatism. They don't listen. I doubt they really care about people on the spectrum.

    Sadly the world is full of inequalities. We really need a fairer and more balanced approach to the science behind autism. I very much doubt we'll get it.

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