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Autism Spectrum Disorder or Austism Spectrum Condition?

Ron Agent 007

Hi Everyone.

I have a question which I would like to start a discussion on and I will give my answer and my reason why I gave that answer.

Would you like the term "Autism Spectrum Disorder" to be changed to "Autism Spectrum Condition"?

The reason I ask that question is because it is a known fact that Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological condition and as such, the word "Disorder" I don't think should be used to describe the Autism Spectrum Condition. The term disorder refers to something that is not in the order that people like to accept as being in order because it is different.

Each of us are indiviuals with different biological, chemical and DNA makeups which makes us individuals and autism like ADHD etc. is a neurological condition which simply means our brains and nervous systems are wired differently to others that people refer to as normal. What is normal for one individual is not necersarily normal for the next individual because they have different requirements and needs.

Do you agree with me and do you feel the same way?

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  • I don't like the term disorder, I'm not disordered I'm autistic, maybe neurodiverse is better, but then everyone diverse, maybe we can move towards something that recognises people being people rather than boxes to be slotted in?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    I don't like the term disorder, I'm not disordered I'm autistic, maybe neurodiverse is better, but then everyone diverse, maybe we can move towards something that recognises people being people rather than boxes to be slotted in?

    Thanks to the growing understanding of the neurodiversity movement and paradigm autistics like us can now identify as neurodivergent. 

    Anyone whose brain diverges from neuronormativity can identify as neurodivergent.

  • in reply to Ausomely Autistic

    Do we actually know what a neurotypical brain looks like compared to a neurodiverse one?

    Are there differences between neurodiverse brains? I was thinking high and low functioning autism, although thats a term I'm uncomfortable with, as I think I'm a bit of both, there are somethings I do really well at and others I'm complete rubbish at and don't function.

    Are there brains that are neurodiverse but not autistic?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Thanks for that, I must admit to finding it all very confusing, especially as the terms vary from country to country and people can get very upset if you use the wrong term.

    You are welcome! I understand that, learning the language of a new paradigm can take quite a while.

    TheCatWoman said:
    I'm starting to think that diversity is becoming an over used word, everybody seems to diverge somewhere along the line, leading to such things as "everybodies on the spectrum somewhere", which is usally used as a term to shut people up.

    Such phrases are incredibly dismissive of our autistic experience and show that the person who thinks that doesn’t really know what being autistic means. I understand your point, diversity is after all a natural part of all human experiences.

    TheCatWoman said:
    I was aware that autistics have more brain connectivity and that we experience things more intensely. What I'm particularly interested in is the sample sizes used. So many studies use tiny samples of people and draw massive conclusions from them that effect policy making in both health and government.

    I am not sure about sample sizes for such studies.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Thanks for that, I must admit to finding it all very confusing, especially as the terms vary from country to country and people can get very upset if you use the wrong term.

    You are welcome! I understand that, learning the language of a new paradigm can take quite a while.

    TheCatWoman said:
    I'm starting to think that diversity is becoming an over used word, everybody seems to diverge somewhere along the line, leading to such things as "everybodies on the spectrum somewhere", which is usally used as a term to shut people up.

    Such phrases are incredibly dismissive of our autistic experience and show that the person who thinks that doesn’t really know what being autistic means. I understand your point, diversity is after all a natural part of all human experiences.

    TheCatWoman said:
    I was aware that autistics have more brain connectivity and that we experience things more intensely. What I'm particularly interested in is the sample sizes used. So many studies use tiny samples of people and draw massive conclusions from them that effect policy making in both health and government.

    I am not sure about sample sizes for such studies.

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