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Just feeling a bit spooked by the apparent severity of my autism as like i thought i managed thinigs pretty well and while i suspected i had autism for years, i figured it was just like level 1.

I don't know. All of my friends with autism have level 1 autism, and like it will be good to get the extra psychology funding and stuff but it's still scary. And i don't know the ...

I have some criticism of Broad Autism Phenotype.

Broad Autism Phenotype seems to blur the lines between a neurotypical that has persistent autistic traits and a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Tha argument can be made is if s person has a diagnosis or not.

There are also some people that have Unspecified Neurodevelopmental Disorder that have symptoms similar to Autism Spectrum Disorder, but they may not meet full diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder. ...

I understand most social cues, but I have severe problems with social-emotional reciprocity.

Why is only understanding social cues not enough?

I tend to show abnormal facial expressions to a mild degree and some abnormal body language as well. It takes a few minutes for people to find out that I have Autism Spectrum Disorder or odd.

I (21, white, born male) went in for a psychological evaluation a couple months ago. I just got the results, and I have been diagnosed with ASD, with specific vulnerabilities noted in my speeded processing, pragmatics & conversation skills, inferential language, and adaptive functioning. I was also diagnosed with PDD and GAD, but I think I have known that for a while now.

After further conversation with the professional, one recommendation I received was to ...

Some concerns with diagnostic criteria C for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Social (Pragmatic) and other Commutation Disorders



Diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder:


A. Persistent deficits in social communication and social
interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by all of
the following, currently or by history (examples are illustrative,
not exhaustive; see text):

1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, ranging, for
example, from abnormal social approach and failure of
normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of ...

I need help understanding something.

I’m getting an evaluation done on may 1st. What should I excpect in my evaluation?

I read up on this, but nothing really is said to explain much.

If I try to do something like a restaurant job, or a hotel front desk job, I get so frustrated because I can't concentrate. I just blank out and can't get anything done. The only two fields I have trained my mind to like are Cannabis and Music. I am 26 years old and just now going to college in the fall, for Cannabis Cultivation. Finally putting my life together. It was tough living in ...

I sometimes have a fantasy prone personality, I asked myself for a long time if it is related the Autism Spectrum Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder/Schizotypal Personality Disorder or Schizoid Personality Disorder.

I'm really hoping I can get some advice here because I'm approaching the end of my tether :-(

My partner is neurodiverse and in 95% of our marriage that's not a problem. I'm able to understand and support her. There's nothing I'd change about her there. The problem is her relationship with sex.

Right from the start of our relationship, we've had problems communicating in this area. ...

My first psychiatric crisis was because i didn´t play what i wanted the most to play ( they were violent games); to be self-controlled; and i solved that issue masturbating instead of playing those games; andafter i did it i didn´t have psychiatric crisis; other thing about myself is that i don´t believe that every conspiracy theories is false; insted of that i believe i have to find the false info in every conspiracy theory ...