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02 Dec 2014, 6:16 pm

...Autism Diagnosis"

https://www.yahoo.com/health/seeing-how ... 08312.html

Might be a decent start, but could also be a bit too generalized.


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02 Dec 2014, 11:24 pm

one more tool in the diagnostician's toolkit, a handy one to start things with.



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03 Dec 2014, 2:27 am

conundrum wrote:
...Autism Diagnosis"

https://www.yahoo.com/health/seeing-how ... 08312.html

Might be a decent start, but could also be a bit too generalized.


Agree with this. My brain would be very active with negative thoughts while others autistic would have positive thoughts. A lot would also depend on who the person is visualizing or thinking about hugging them.


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09 Dec 2014, 1:35 am

i would certainly not mind warm fuzzies from diagnosticians. :)


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