colliegrace wrote:
Would say the DSM V criteria gets it right:
-socially
-strong presence of obsessive and repetitive behaviors
That's all. These differences are notably more present than they are in NTs, and also caused cuz our brains are quite literally wired differently.
In theory, the problem comes down to how those are interpreted.If it isn't externally visible, it mostly doesn't count. It also mostly doesn't count if it could be considered a symptom of any of the Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, nor does it count if it's attributable to anxiety, even if the anxiety itself is caused by autism traits. The examples may be appropriate to little children or more clear cut cases, but sometimes the distress caused by changes to routine flies under the radar due to dissociation. And, the routines can be extremely complicated for folks that got the enhanced memory trait.
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