Published on 12, July, 2020
This might be one for the Moderators to look into, but I wonder if others have insight on this.
I've had several conversations recently with professionals dealing with adults on the spectrum who've just spouted the triad of impairments, or who've said its all in the triad of impairments.
With all the literature on theories about autism and various interpretations, and approaches to treatment, I could quite understand professionals looking for the easiest synthesis to hand. But what is to hand? Is it just too easy to read up on the triad and related summaries? Or is there nothing else to hand for professionals to use.
The Triad of Impairments, as far as I can see, is of no more value than for diagnosing children. It has little relevance to the everyday lives and experiences of adults, and is hardly appropriate to helping professionals understand adult needs.
It doesn't explain a lot of issues facing adults.
But just what are the main texts used by professionals? And how useful are these texts for supporting adults?
@Longman: you may need to use a different email address and new username for that forum. Wear your professional hat as it were.
I also think, ref NICE, that repetitive behaviours covers a vast expanse and is an individual thing which they probably don't recognise. Someone may not have a physical repetitive action they carry out but may do something like obsessively write letters of complaint or obsessively think over something, those are still repetitive behaviours but may not get picked up as such. I think they approach it the wrong way round, instead of trying to see if the diagnostic manual description is manifested in the individual as stated, they need to see how those traits manifest/interpret in the individual.
Still at least they recognise that there are adults with ASCs, they seem to be moving past believing only children with them exist and it all magically vanishes once they reach adulthood eh.