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Defining what is AS and what isn't

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A widely reported problem on here is the common reaction to someone explaining their autism is "oh i get that too".....etc.

I think because people on the spectrum are relatively isolated, there's little opportunity to chat experiences and get feedback. So people on the spectrum don't know what problems are fairly common in the NT world, and may not be autism specific.

I've just posted on the question of hearing sensitivity/filtering sound on another thread. I've found that the problems I've had are reported by others not on the spectrum, including people with dyslexia.

I wondered if others had found that some things they associate with autism are more widely present in the general population (but not just a matter of degree as with spectrum - tailing off into the general population - but similar levels of difficulty experienced by people not having autism which is otherwise assumed to be an autism characteristic).

If that makes sense.......

Parents

  • I suppose if you question other syndromes/illnesses etc you are likely to find similarities that cross over so therefore it would be the norm for there to be traits that people on the spectrum and people not on the spectrum suffer from?  

    I did a bit of research into some physcial differences my daugher has.  I was told she is likely to have a 'genetic condition' because of these differences but when I started researching, I found there were hundreds of possibilities.

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  • I suppose if you question other syndromes/illnesses etc you are likely to find similarities that cross over so therefore it would be the norm for there to be traits that people on the spectrum and people not on the spectrum suffer from?  

    I did a bit of research into some physcial differences my daugher has.  I was told she is likely to have a 'genetic condition' because of these differences but when I started researching, I found there were hundreds of possibilities.

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