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garyww
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18 Jan 2009, 9:01 pm

I think the unofficial consensus for a very long time is that the two are basically the same condition in different colors.


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18 Jan 2009, 11:06 pm

Orwell wrote:
Kanner's autism and classic are indeed the same. It is also sometimes called LFA.

The labelling is pretty messy right now, and trying to classify them is difficult. I just say I'm autistic. That's about as specific as I can comfortably be.


And it is probably the most correct.