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    How long did your Aspergers diagnosis take?

    I learned about Asperger’s when I was 13; I wasn’t officially diagnosed until I was 20. (It took a lot of convincing to get my mom to realize it.) However, I had to see 3 psychologists to finally get the diagnosis. The first ASD specialist I saw said she couldn’t actually diagnose me because...
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    ICD-10 vs DSM-V

    Preference could be a factor in your diagnosis coming from the ICD, although I have to wonder if insurance is the main reason. Either way, it doesn't really matter (unless you're a student); you got your diagnosis and that's a huge accomplishment! Honestly, I don't even really know what I was...
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    Diagnosed autism linked to maternal grandmother's smoking in pregnancy

    @Crossbreed: silencing basically refers to the ability of one allele to dominate over the other, in effect “silencing” the other (presumably “normal”) gene. So it just means that the gene isn’t being expressed. It’s very interesting, and I think particularly to ASD. I’m really hoping it can...
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    Diagnosed autism linked to maternal grandmother's smoking in pregnancy

    I mostly agree with you that causation can exhibit correlation, but not necessarily always (e.g., in situations of cofounding variables, falsified or altered data, etc...), but I’m not sure what that has to do with this article since it wasn’t an experimental study (and thus could never prove...
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    Diagnosed autism linked to maternal grandmother's smoking in pregnancy

    Forgive me if I’m wrong, since I haven’t had a chance to fully read the OP, but I don’t believe that the article is actually saying that smoking causes autism; instead, it’s merely noting that there is a correlation between the two. Correlation doesn’t equal causation, and since every researcher...
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    Do people generally see self-diagnosis as an adult sufficient?

    Where do you live? (I'm going to assume It's not the U.S. since you spelled color with an 'ou.' EDIT: I just saw that you said you're in Australia.) I think you may be surprised to find that there are some ASD specialists who will diagnose you mostly by interview (especially since you're an...
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    Diagnosed later in life - female

    Warning: this may be long. I haven't talked about my diagnosis much since I've gotten it. However, I will say that most of what you listed in your post also applies to me. (And to whomever asked about autoimmune diseases, yes, I have one! I'm kind of weird, though; I'm also recovering from a...
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    Living Well on the Spectrum

    I bought this book right before I was officially diagnosed. I definitely recommend it - and if you're seeing a therapist, you may want them to go through the exercises with you.
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    News Article: Is the Definition of autism too broad?

    You mean like how, historically, people with mental diagnoses likely wouldn't have had children? If so, yeah, I agree. I think the decline of mental institutions and the rise of special education services and different therapies for kids helped that. A child that would've been considered...
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    Diagnosed by Psychologist or Doctor?

    Whether you're diagnosed by a psychologist or an MD really shouldn't matter. What matters is their experience with autism and whether they acknowledge that older adolescents and adults may have coping mechanisms that make them appear "less autistic." For example, during my assessment, one of the...
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    News Article: Is the Definition of autism too broad?

    Yeah I saw she had a degree in special education, but she also mentioned having done "autism research" more recently (for her dissertation, I believe). Yes, you're probably right. When she said "autism advocate" she probably meant for those parents who have children on the lower end of the...
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    News Article: Is the Definition of autism too broad?

    New diagnoses aren't being created just to be created. And previously "normal" behaviors aren't just being so-called pathologized for no reason. (That's not to say that the ICD and DSM are perfect though. I'm not saying that at all.) It's not a conspiracy or anything. Believe it or not, but...
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    Girl meets world and Aspergers

    I just recently had my assessment, so my mom and I watched it together. I also didn't like that it perpetrated the false belief that everyone with Asperger's or HFA has an IQ in the gifted range (or above) and excel in science and math. However, I do like that, for once, a girl was given an ASD...
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    Choosing Diagnosis when making a profile

    Yeah. Sure, someone diagnosed ASD could select AS as their diagnosis, but personally, I want to be able to select what I'm actually diagnosed with. :p
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    Choosing Diagnosis when making a profile

    I just joined and I noticed that Autism Spectrum Disorder isn't listed as an option either.
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