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Why is Autism considerd a disorder?

James19932024

i may have been asked already, but why is Autism considerd a disorder / condition? to me at least, a disorder, is something to do with mental health. instead of a disorder / condition, its an advantage because we're able to see and expereince things that other cannot

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  • Sadly it's a disorder when measured against a "typical" or an average "state.

    but you can kind of see why given a large population that has unconsciously divided itself into "typical" and "not".

    The universe by it's very nature does this, apply gravity and eventually you'll see certain types of things grouped together, the largest groups seen as more common and the smaller as not.

    I try not to take it personally, it's more the way people view and treat the minorities that annoys me.  

    If you have a box of " normal" maltesers and there happens to be a white chocolate one in there, it's an anomaly, it's the odd one out, but I really prefer them so I'd be chuffed to have found it!

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  • Sadly it's a disorder when measured against a "typical" or an average "state.

    but you can kind of see why given a large population that has unconsciously divided itself into "typical" and "not".

    The universe by it's very nature does this, apply gravity and eventually you'll see certain types of things grouped together, the largest groups seen as more common and the smaller as not.

    I try not to take it personally, it's more the way people view and treat the minorities that annoys me.  

    If you have a box of " normal" maltesers and there happens to be a white chocolate one in there, it's an anomaly, it's the odd one out, but I really prefer them so I'd be chuffed to have found it!

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