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Is Autism too inclusive?!

Mads

I caught the tail end of a discussion on the radio last night. It was (I think) regarding Professor Dame Uta Frith.

“The spectrum has gone on being more and more accommodating, and I think now it has come to its collapse,” said Professor Dame Uta Frith (UCL Cognitive Neuroscience) on the widening autism spectrum and the growing challenges in diagnosis.

I haven't got a definitive reference but there are online newspapers that have the story (I just don't want to sign up to them to read the full article).

All thoughts welcome. 

Joey. 

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  • You could ask what is the downside of it being too inclusive? There is no automatic entitlement to anything.

    It might be better for them to state the problem they are trying to solve first.

    At worst it creates too big a pool of people and it is hard to apportion support. But then what you need is sub-divisions, except people wanted a big bucket to avoid dividing people.

    I think it is about the level to which your life has been adversely affected that is the key point. Since this is one of the key criteria, there shouldn't be an issue, but perhaps this has been over interpreted. There is no data to judge.

    There is a valid question about whether diagnosis helps or hinders. This depends on the individual and whether it is viewed as an excuse not to do things, or information to help find work arounds to achieve things (without burnout and confusion).

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  • You could ask what is the downside of it being too inclusive? There is no automatic entitlement to anything.

    It might be better for them to state the problem they are trying to solve first.

    At worst it creates too big a pool of people and it is hard to apportion support. But then what you need is sub-divisions, except people wanted a big bucket to avoid dividing people.

    I think it is about the level to which your life has been adversely affected that is the key point. Since this is one of the key criteria, there shouldn't be an issue, but perhaps this has been over interpreted. There is no data to judge.

    There is a valid question about whether diagnosis helps or hinders. This depends on the individual and whether it is viewed as an excuse not to do things, or information to help find work arounds to achieve things (without burnout and confusion).

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