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Criticism of Broad Autism Phenotype

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I have some criticism of Broad Autism Phenotype.

Broad Autism Phenotype seems to blur the lines between a neurotypical that has persistent autistic traits and a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Tha argument can be made is if s person has a diagnosis or not. 

There are also some people that have Unspecified Neurodevelopmental Disorder that have symptoms similar to Autism Spectrum Disorder, but they may not meet full diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

It's just so confusing.

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  • Sounds like diagnosis envy to me, NT's who are jealous and feeling left out. People don't realise that just having one or two things that are on the spectrum dosen't mean that the spectrum is wrong or that they are misdiagnosed. A spectrum condition and there are many not just ASC, but things like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue etc are called a spectrum as there are a list of signs and symptoms that can go to make a diagnosis, people will often have half a dozen or more, but not the whole list, unlike an illness like measles where everybody has the same symptoms.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Sorry, this previous reply was supposed to be to fire monkey. I’m not sure, but is it a bit too much about the label? 

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