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Is there a mid-point between autism and neurotypicality? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Not sure if that wouod just be like a "low-support needs" autism or if there's another established term to describe that

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[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes. That's why they call it a "spectrum."

Last I knew, the accepted term was "high-functioning autism."

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I dont tgink they(diagnosticians) like the term high functioning anymore. My son has down syndrome and I used to say high functioning, but there has been a shift in using terms like that to describe a person. Its just on the spectrum.

[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the clarification - I sort of suspected that, but all of my first-hand knowledge of it is 10+ years out of date.