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Reading about the overdiagnosis of autism

martinez

One thing thats truck me is the USA seems to emphasise about the sensitivty to light/sounds etc 

The UK from what I read seems to devalue this. Also out of interest both seemed to devalue links to other conditions such as anxiety based conditions such as CFS/SAD etc....

One of the very first things I've noticed over the past couple of years & one of the reasons why I'm dicussing autism & the "borderline scope" of the conditions is I have grown a sensitivty to rooms full of machinery. 

I'm not sure if anybody used to watch paranormal shows - remember ghost hunters from the USA, it was one of the better ones that sued science to mostly debunk claims but I remember the EMF factors & I also remember seeing about links back then when I was a youngster & a teen. 

any thoughts

interested to see any views - my personal views is the distancing from sensory based illnesses from the medical industry. 

  • martinez said:

    One thing thats truck me is the USA seems to emphasise about the sensitivty to light/sounds etc 

    The UK from what I read seems to devalue this

    I wouldn't say that's accurate.

    Sensory sensitivities (which can include greater or lesser sensitivity) don't actually need to be present for an autism diagnosis to be made under either diagnostic manual.

    The US uses the DSM, whilst many other countries use the ICD. Both are used in the UK, and both treat sensory sensitivities the same way.

    They're just one of several things that fall under the category of behaviour, interests or activities. And only some of those need to exist for any given person to meet that part of the criteria.