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byAnonymous Coward writes:
Neurotypicals succumbing to brainwashing.
bySmonster ( 2884001 ) writes:
The fact you feel this way is precisely why the condition should be split.
The majority of the people diagnosed on the spectrum can take care of themself and be productive members of society. They are just what society would have called weirdos, nerds, socially awkward and/or very shy in decades past. Overtime most of those people can learn how to fake it when they need to when dealing with others. Or sometimes even just grow out of it entirely. Today those people are considered autistic, aka on the spectrum. Then there are the truly and completely autistic who would probably not survive without help. They are likely low IQ as well, but sometimes just the opposite. However without the ability to communicate and express themself in ways familiar to most other people.
It seems obvious to me those should be two separate classifications. The problem is there isn’t a definitive line. But the extremes on both end of the spectrum are blatantly obvious.
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