Is Autism too inclusive?!

https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/uta-frith-interview-autism-not-spectrum
(Found one that isn't paid.)

Basically she wants to go back to autism is only diagnosed between 3-5, mostly males, and the rest are basically making it up. 

"It’s understandable, because they listen to the lived experiences of people who say they’ve been masking, that they spend their time imitating what neurotypical people do, and they’re exhausted every day because of this. So, the harm is not the masking, but the exhaustion afterwards. I can’t quite understand that, because exhaustion could arise from lots of other causes.

I expect we could say we are all masking, all the time, trying to adapt to our society’s norms. So, from this point of view, I’m very critical of this idea."

She says there are too many later diagnosed people, so the answer for her is it's not real, and we should go back in time to when it was easier for them to understand.

Cinnabar_wing said:

Basically she wants to go back to autism is only diagnosed between 3-5, mostly males, and the rest are basically making it up.

Awful  

She basically says unless you were identified very young, your just a bit sensitive in her book, and just have to work on your anxiety and resilence. Toughen up basically. She says that about kids from late primary up. 

She basically says unless you were identified very young, your just a bit sensitive in her book, and just have to work on your anxiety and resilence. Toughen up basically. She says that about kids from late primary up.