| ▲ | ACow_Adonis 3 hours ago | |
Ah yes, but that results in two problems. Firstly a fish without legs objectively does not have legs, but we do not necessarily call it disabled, even though it clearly lacks a facility. Secondly, the autism spectrum disorders are, as I previously mentioned, not obviously just about deficits of behaviours or functions but also can take in extended and exceptional abilities in some areas and greater sensitivities rather than deficits or lack of an ability, so it is not clear that the entire diagnosis can be defined by deficits or lacking things. The high functioning and Asperger's type diagnosis is not about a universal deficit diagnosis and we do not generally call neuro-typical humans disabled because they lack prodigious activity or interest in math, language, or other subjects, even though that can also objectively be measured and called a deficit. | ||
| ▲ | roywiggins 43 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
> The high functioning and Asperger's type diagnosis is not about a universal deficit diagnosis To get an Asperger's diagnosis under the DSM-IV you needed some amount of impairment. "Disorder" is in the title of the DSM, if something isn't conceptualized as a disorder it isn't in there. https://www.kennedykrieger.org/stories/interactive-autism-ne... The "broader autistic phenotype"- that is, related traits but without impairment- exists but it is not a diagnosis. | ||