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Autism (high functioning) root cause?

Stuart333

I have been considering this a lot to understand myself. Sorry about 'high functioning' terminology but I wanted to differentiate and I can't talk about anything I don't have experience of.

I have come to the conclusion that high functioning ASD is fundamentally an overly sensitive nervous system, which causes mode changes in the brain and inhibits social development, because people are unpredictable and a threat?

The sensitivity to over active nervous states drives confusion and mal-adapted coping mechanisms.

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  • Interesting take, and what the (annoyingly sycophantic!) AI spits out fits me to a tee.

    I should really read up on the Asbergers thing (ie how it's now part of the ASD spectrum but once wasn't?), since I'm pretty sure I'd get that as a diagnosis if it were still a thing. 

    But yes, I'd imagine I class as high functioning/low support and, with a little violence based trauma thrown into the mix, your take and the subsequent discussion resonates massively. 

  • in reply to Acquiesce
    Acquiesce said:
    I should really read up on the Asbergers thing (ie how it's now part of the ASD spectrum but once wasn't?), since I'm pretty sure I'd get that as a diagnosis if it were still a thing. 

    This article covers it very concisely:

    https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/mental-health-aspergers-syndrome

    It was used as a diagnosis from roughly between 1994 and 2013 then it was replaced by autism.

    It was largely "cancelled" because of the controvertial actions of the originator but remains used by some, especially those who received it as a diagnosis while it was used. Autism is a more inclusinve umbrella and the distinction that used to be Aspergers is largely covered under the older "high functioning" category or "level 1 - low support needs" depending on what terminology you use.

    The artice explains it better.

  • in reply to Iain

    Thanks for the info - I'll have a read. Appreciated. 

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