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whirlingmind
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20 Feb 2013, 7:00 pm

http://whatisautismanyway.wordpress.com ... suspicion/

What do you think?


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20 Feb 2013, 7:53 pm

It makes sense to me. What about intense world theory though? I thought it was a unifying theory.


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20 Feb 2013, 7:59 pm

I'm amazed anyone actually needs to be told this. Of course it's caused by multiple things! We know several hundred causes of autism already, after all.



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20 Feb 2013, 8:05 pm

Yuugiri wrote:
It makes sense to me. What about intense world theory though? I thought it was a unifying theory.


Intense World Theory doesn't quite work for me, because

A. I don't identify with a lot of it, only the sensory parts.
B. It doesn't explain a shedload of stuff about me.


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