Published on 12, July, 2020
DSM-5 says that to meet the diagnostic criteria for ASD there must be persistent deficits in all three of the areas below.
So why is it some of us are completely alone and isolated while others seem to have friends, partners and active social lives?
How do people who meet the above criteria achieve this?
I have friends and an active social life, and have had partners. The answer to how is that everyone I interact with socially is neurodivergent.
As autistic people, we don't have communication deficits, we have communication differences. Studies have shown that information transfer between two autistic people is just as good as between two neurotypicals.
MrSolo said:As autistic people, we don't have communication deficits, we have communication differences.
Absolutely! Couldn’t agree more!