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All Humans have Autistic traits

David

This Morning I heard Simon Baron  Cohen  say that we all have Autistic traits just that Autsitic people have it more than others.

It is wrong to make out that Autistic people all the time cannot read other peoples minds and people who do not have Autism can always do so.

Especially people at the top end of the Spectrum can sometimes read peoples minds better than so called NTS.

They were discussing the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon which is going to be on at the National Theatre as a play.

This is a play about a boy who was supposed to be Autistic.

What  I like about that play is that it is the father who was the criminal shooting the dog.

David

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  • If you do not see a Psychiatrist or Psychologist how can one be diagnosed.

    Most people only see them if they have a crisis.

    I was expelled from one school and the other private school did not want me so I was sent to the Maudsley.

    They recommended an Autistic School.

     

    A Psychiatrist visited us when I was nineteen about my stomach and he thought I had an obsession which caused me to go to the toilet.

    It was good it saved me the exams.

    He also put a note on my records that I had mild Autism in 1976.

     

    If one does not have a crisis but just finds it difficult to make friends it will be difficult to see a Psychiatrist or Psychologist on the NHS.

    I expect that is the case with many girls but although they are miserable they do not have a crisis.

    David

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  • If you do not see a Psychiatrist or Psychologist how can one be diagnosed.

    Most people only see them if they have a crisis.

    I was expelled from one school and the other private school did not want me so I was sent to the Maudsley.

    They recommended an Autistic School.

     

    A Psychiatrist visited us when I was nineteen about my stomach and he thought I had an obsession which caused me to go to the toilet.

    It was good it saved me the exams.

    He also put a note on my records that I had mild Autism in 1976.

     

    If one does not have a crisis but just finds it difficult to make friends it will be difficult to see a Psychiatrist or Psychologist on the NHS.

    I expect that is the case with many girls but although they are miserable they do not have a crisis.

    David

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