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JerryHatake
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29 Feb 2008, 10:13 pm

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They are actually very close to be the same but there is a borderline between Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.


Thats whatI've been trying to explain. But people don't get that there is a line between the two.


I do because my mom told me it plus there are different traits/symptoms between the two.


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29 Feb 2008, 10:15 pm

JerryHatake wrote:
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They are actually very close to be the same but there is a borderline between Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.


Thats what I've been trying to explain. But people don't get that there is a line between the two.


I do because my mom told me it plus there are different traits/symptoms between the two.


My mom told me too. And obviously yeah, there are different traits. It's pretty obvious to me. I think the medical community is confused about it too. One doctor says one thing, another says something else. It's pretty confusing.



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29 Feb 2008, 10:16 pm

One might consider it a 'borderline', but, to speak metaphorically, it certainly doesn't feature barbed wire and land mines.

"there's no black and white, only a million different shades of gray"



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29 Feb 2008, 10:17 pm

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One might consider it a 'borderline', but, to speak metaphorically, it certainly doesn't feature barbed wire and land mines.

"there's no black and white, only a million different shades of gray"


Its just a trait or symptom at most thats all.


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01 Mar 2008, 7:37 am

ShadesOfMe wrote:
JerryHatake wrote:
ShadesOfMe wrote:
JerryHatake wrote:
They are actually very close to be the same but there is a borderline between Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.


Thats what I've been trying to explain. But people don't get that there is a line between the two.


I do because my mom told me it plus there are different traits/symptoms between the two.


My mom told me too. And obviously yeah, there are different traits. It's pretty obvious to me. I think the medical community is confused about it too. One doctor says one thing, another says something else. It's pretty confusing.


Confusing, yes, totally agree on that.

But about this line... that's the question, isn't it. There are no different symptoms or traits, unless one counts the speech delay. I fit all criteria of AS and autism except one of autism, I had no speech delay.

And a speech delay can occur in non-autistic individuals too, thus is not a definite indication for a difference of the autism itself.

There's no line from my perspective, especially if I take all the pdd-nos/atypical autistic people into consideration.