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 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Undiagnosing Grandin (essay)

heitou
Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 1:49 pm 

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kraftiekortie wrote:
Why do you think she would play such an elaborate joke on us? What's in it for her?

You obviously didn't read the last paragraph of the essay.

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Undiagnosing Grandin (essay)

heitou
Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 1:27 pm 

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kraftiekortie wrote:
Ms. Grandin was diagnosed with Asperger's before the DSM-V became official, maybe about 2011 or 2012.

I'm very aware of the difference between the various DSM's.


You got anything to back that up?

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Undiagnosing Grandin (essay)

heitou
Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 1:17 pm 

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ASpartofMe, her only diagnosis was made when autism wasn't well defined or researched. SweetLeaf, I haven't met any autistic people that can speak on front crowds that large that well. I haven't that many people that can do that period. And parents of autistic children complain that traveling with t...

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Undiagnosing Grandin (essay)

heitou
Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 10:59 am 

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Bird, I don't come here often and wasn't aware that was a major topic lately. As for my identity, I am Jake Raymond. I was misdiagnosed with autism at a young age. I am 5'8", 125 lbs, live near Nashville and will start studying Chinese and computer science this year at Western Kentucky. If you ...

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Undiagnosing Grandin (essay)

heitou
Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 10:30 am 

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No person's claim to an ASD is beyond scrutiny. And I joined WP specifically with the intention of informing the ASD community about misdiagnosis.

 Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation   Topic: Undiagnosing Grandin (essay)

heitou
Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 10:18 am 

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Undiagnosing Grandin Jake Raymond June 6, 2016 Twelve years ago, a blogger named Jonathan Mitchell wrote a post styled as a scholarly-researched paper called "Undiagnosing Gates, Jefferson, and Einstein." As the name suggested, it challenged the retroactive diagnosis of Thomas Jefferson an...
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