sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 13 days agoIs there a mid-point between autism and neurotypicality?message-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareIs there a mid-point between autism and neurotypicality?sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 13 days agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
Not sure if that wouod just be like a “low-support needs” autism or if there’s another established term to describe that
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoNah, 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.
minus-squareWatDabney@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoThanks for the clarification - I sort of suspected that, but all of my first-hand knowledge of it is 10+ years out of date.
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.
Thanks for the clarification - I sort of suspected that, but all of my first-hand knowledge of it is 10+ years out of date.