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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.......

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  • Thanks misskittycat, you have provided a good illustration. It's just your posting wasn't there when I posted mine, but came up as an alert on email, and when I went back on, your reply was before my last posting.

    I think this probably happens a lot, if people don't have opportunities to sound out their experiences with others.

    Re IntenseWorld's conclusion - I think we are in danger of losing credibility by identifying too many things as traits of autism which aren't. You have to ask why else are health professionals not taking us seriously - unless you believe in conspiracies - they simply see us as making too much fuss about things they don't see as issues (rightly or wrongly).

    If we had a clearer definition of what are real issues with autism we might better press our arguments.

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  • Thanks misskittycat, you have provided a good illustration. It's just your posting wasn't there when I posted mine, but came up as an alert on email, and when I went back on, your reply was before my last posting.

    I think this probably happens a lot, if people don't have opportunities to sound out their experiences with others.

    Re IntenseWorld's conclusion - I think we are in danger of losing credibility by identifying too many things as traits of autism which aren't. You have to ask why else are health professionals not taking us seriously - unless you believe in conspiracies - they simply see us as making too much fuss about things they don't see as issues (rightly or wrongly).

    If we had a clearer definition of what are real issues with autism we might better press our arguments.

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