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So if autism is a broader term that includes multiple conditions shouldn't we stop using it and start using the names of the actual conditions? Isn't it basically like hysteria which was split into epilepsy, dissociative disorders, personality disorders and so on?
IMO, as a 'high-functioning autist':
Yes.
The field of psychology is constantly redefining things based on ever shifting subjective analysis of behavioral patterns, and uh, being someone who very much prefers concrete, consistent, definable rules and categories, logically followable mechanistic processes...
Fucking yes, please, be more accurate and precise in a more objective way, based on far superior methodology, fucking please.
I feel like at minimum we should have it broken up by different favors, kinda like how Asperger's was a sub diagnosis under the umbrella of autism for awhile.
When they're understood well enough to have individual names, yes.
In most cases the diagnosis is observational. Blood tests and brain scans aren't used for this kind of thing, although that could change someday.
They do for many, but sometimes I think they don’t know exactly what or it could be multiple things which is why it’s the Autism Spectrum and it’s easier to say they are “on the spectrum” or “autistic” if you can’t pinpoint exactly what.
The DSM hasn't even been updated with the differences in how women present ASD.
Having been born female, it’s amazing how I was diagnosed with everything from paranoid fucking schizophrenia to bipolar rather than acknowledge ASD/ADHD.
I remember cleaning out my locker once at the end of school and having a ton of crap just fall out on me. Absolutely no recognition of my lack of organizational/executive function skills because girls couldn’t possibly be ADHD/ASD.
My wife's ex therapist literally pulled out the DSM and said since she could make eye contact she couldn't be autistic. Crazy shit
We refer to a spectrum of diseases as cancer even though they have a variety of causes. Given that autism has been described as a spectrum of various behaviors, I wouldn't be surprised as variations of autism become understood.