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Tony Attwood is Autistic

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I was just looking up some of Tony Attwood's material on the internet today when I stumbled upon a video on F******k announcing that Tony himself has been diagnosed with autism.

https://www.facebook.com/100063865020935/videos/955852933799256 

I don't know him personally but it doesn't really surprise me, what with his almost obsessive interest in Aspergers Syndrome, and his son Will being diagnosed. 

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  • The expanding diagnostic criteria caught up with both of them. For one, I would like to know what sensory difficulties they have, as these are usually lifelong and, to me, are a bit of a giveaway. 

    My sensory problems are mostly tactile - synthetic textiles and clothing labels - and noise. When I found such things in the literature on autism (and diagnostic manuals) it was the clincher that convinced me that I was autistic.

  • in reply to Martin

    He's a great man, and it's not for me to decide who is or isn't autistic, but my own view is that I'm not persuaded. I don't see anything autistic about him and his communication style seems highly neuronormal to me. I feel the same about Sol Smith, whose book I recently started and abandoned because I couldn't see any connection with what I understand as autism.

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  • in reply to Martin

    He's a great man, and it's not for me to decide who is or isn't autistic, but my own view is that I'm not persuaded. I don't see anything autistic about him and his communication style seems highly neuronormal to me. I feel the same about Sol Smith, whose book I recently started and abandoned because I couldn't see any connection with what I understand as autism.

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